Tuscaloosa (LST 1187) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS TUSCALOOSA QLST 1187i 15 the second sh1p of the fleet to honor the c1ty and county of TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA The or1g1nal USS TUSCALOOSA was a heavy crurser QCA 371 commrssroned 17 August 1934 She was 558 feet long w1th a beam of 61 feet 9 mches and she drsplaced 9 375 tons Her complement was 51 offrcers and 700 men she was armed w1th nme 8 rnch 55 calrber guns Durrng WW II she served as a flag sh1p and saw actron 1n both Europe and the Pacrfrc She was decommrssroned 1n March 1959 USS TUSCALOOSA QLST 11871 was commrssroned on 24 October 1970 at Long Beach Naval Sh ard 1n Lon Beach Calrfornra Durrng her more than twelve years of servrce TUSCALOOSA IPY 8 has made seven West Pac Deployments and partrcrpated rn the evacuat1on of South Vretnam d h TUSCALOOSA has served rn Amphrbrous Squadrons Seven and Prve She has been awarde t e Combat Informatron Center E and tw1ce recerved the Engrneerrng E The offrcers and men have always and wrll contrnue to stand ready to fulf1ll rts motto of grvrng that EXTRA THREE PERCENT QSTATQ, 5 X M 41 005A W9 - . 5 1U 7 .9 f, . . h o 4 5 W 'G , +1 1+ 5 C ,X Q E gg

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