# Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship

The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy and later sold to the Spanish, Hellenic, Peruvian, Venezuelan and Turkish Navy.

## Development

In the 1950s, fifteen ships were authorized to begin construction by three shipbuilding companies (Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding). Three batches of five ships were built by each companies from 1952 until 1954. Several ships proceed to serve in the Vietnam War.
All ships were put out of service in the United States from 1970 to 1973, with many being transferred to foreign service which some were in service until the mid-2010s.
Washtenaw County was sold for commercial service but was abandoned in 1980 in which she remained afloat at the Columbia River as of 6 December 2021. The ship has been heavily vandalized and stripped of parts throughout the years but despite that, efforts were still being done to repair and make her into a museum ship. She is also the only ship converted into a mine sweeper from her class.

## Ships of class

| Pennant number | Name | Callsign | Builders | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship ||||||||
| LST-1156 | Terrebonne Parish | NLOU | Bath Iron Works | 9 August 1952 | 21 November 1952 | 29 October 1971 | Sold to Spain and renamed Velasco (L11), later scrapped in 1994 |
| LST-1157 | Terrell County | NNAG | Bath Iron Works | 6 December 1952 | 14 March 1953 | 25 March 1971 | Sold to Greece and renamed Inouse (L-104), later sunk as target on 4 October 2007 |
| LST-1158 | Tioga County | NDPR | Bath Iron Works | 11 April 1953 | 20 June 1953 | 23 December 1970 | Scrapped on 17 August 2005 |
| LST-1159 | Tom Green County | NCEH | Bath Iron Works | 2 July 1953 | 12 September 1953 | 5 January 1972 | Sold to Spain and renamed Conde del Venadito (L13), fate unknown |
| LST-1160 | Traverse County | NEWO | Bath Iron Works | 3 October 1953 | 19 December 1953 | 30 November 1970 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Eten (DT-144), fate unknown |
| LST-1161 | Vernon County | NBTB | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 25 November 1952 | 18 May 1953 | 14 June 1973 | Sold to Venezuela and renamed ARV Amazonas (T-21), fate unknown |
| LST-1162 | Wahkiakum County | NHPW | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 23 January 1953 | 13 August 1953 | 16 October 1970 | Scrapped on 22 June 2005 |
| LST-1163 | Waldo County | | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 17 May 1953 | 17 September 1953 | 21 December 1970 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Pisco (DT-142), scrapped in 2012 |
| LST-1164 | Walworth County | NEMX | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 15 May 1953 | 26 October 1953 | 2 April 1971 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Paita (DT-141), fate unknown |
| LST-1165 | Washoe County | NMHV | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 14 July 1953 | 30 November 1953 | 25 November 1970 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Callao (DT-143), sunk as target on 30 September 2021 |
| LST-1166 / MSS-2 | Washtenaw County | NFLX | Christy Shipbuilding | 22 November 1952 | 29 October 1953 | 30 August 1973 | Sold to commercial service, abandoned and laid up at Columbia River since 1980 |
| LST-1167 | Westchester County | NCBI | Christy Shipbuilding | 18 April 1953 | 10 March 1954 | 30 November 1973 | Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Serdar (L-402), sunk as target on 30 May 2014 |
| LST-1168 | Wexford County | NRHA | Christy Shipbuilding | 28 November 1953 | 15 June 1954 | 29 October 1971 | Sold to Spain and renamed Martín Álvarez (L-12), scrapped in 1995 |
| LST-1169 | Whitfield County | NNZE | Christy Shipbuilding | 22 August 1953 | 14 September 1954 | 15 March 1973 | Sold to Greece and renamed Kos (L-116), sunk as target on 24 June 2004 |
| LST-1170 | Windham County | NPNC | Christy Shipbuilding | 22 May 1954 | 15 December 1954 | 1 June 1973 | Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Ertuğrul (L-401), fate unknown |

## Citations

* ↑ "LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
* ↑ "Tank Landing Ship (LST)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
vteTerrebonne Parish-class tank landing ships :
LST-1156 / Terrebonne Parish
LST-1157 / Terrell County
LST-1158 / Tioga County
LST-1159 / Tom Green County
LST-1160 / Traverse County
LST-1161 / Vernon County
LST-1162 / Wahkiakum County
LST-1163 / Waldo County
LST-1164 / Walworth County
LST-1165 / Washoe County
LST-1166 / Washtenaw County
LST-1167 / Westchester County
LST-1168 / Wexford County
LST-1169 / Whitfield County
LST-1170 / Windham County :
Preceded by: Talbot County class
Followed by: De Soto County class :
List of United States Navy LSTs
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