Tuscaloosa (LST 1187) - Naval Cruise Book

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CH 74338 w A . V, , fl TUSCALOOSA IS SIXTH NEW DESIGN TANK Landing Ship to be delivered to the Navy by! Natlonal SItleel and Shlpbuildlng Company. This design represents a complete departure from previous concepts. e function of the traditional bow doors have been supplanted in the new ships by a huge thirty-five ton bow ramp supported by two outstretched derrick arms. The conventional flatbottomed hull has been replaced by a destroyer-type bow which will enable TUSCALOOSA to maintain speeds in excess of 20 knots and to operate with modern high-speed amphibious forces. Many innovations in ship design incorporated into TUSCALOOSA will help her crew fulfill many varied obligations to the Fleet. Predominant in the ship's design is the distinctive bow rampfderrick system. This sytem enables TUSCALOOSA to marry to causeways for unloading her payload or for direct ship-to-beach unloading. TUSCALOOSA is equipped with a bow-thruster or transversely mounted, variable-pitch propeller in the forward part of the hull, allowing intricate maneuvering of the vessel. The ship's two stacks are offset and of unequal size, thus allowing the quickest and most direct passage of exhaust gases from the engineering spaces to the atmosphere. In the space behind the stacks, a helicopter landing area is provided. For supplemental loading and offloading TUSCALOOSA can use the tank deck stern gate or the 10 ton booms over the cargo hatch. Ship's speed is controlled by a new advanced arrangement, control consoles are provided in two of the engineering spaces and on the bridge for control of shaft speed from any of these three locations. The six main diesel engines and twin variable-pitch screws are controlled by a sophisticated governor control system allowing the engines to operate efficiently at any given speed. USS TUSCALOOSA CLST-11875 is the second ship of the fleet to honor the city and county of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Two ships of the name served the confederate navy during the Civil War. The first of these confederate ships was the Bark TUSCALOOSA, formerly Union Bark CONRAD captured by CSS ALABAMA in June, 1863. Her fighting days ended abruptly in December that year when she was seized by British authorities at Simonis Bay. The confederate Iron-Clad Ram launched at Selma, Alabama, in February, 1863 also bore the name TUSCALOOSA. A DEFENDER OF Mobile, Alabama until 12 April 1865, when that city fell to the Union Forces, she was scuttled to avoid capture. The original USS TUSCALOOSA in the United States Navy was a heavy cruiser QCA-375 built by New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey. She was commissioned 17 August 1934 in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was 558 feet long with a beam of 61 feet 9 inches and she displaced 9,375 tons. Her complement was 51 Officers and 700 men, she was armed with nine 8 inch .55 caliber guns. During World War II she served as a flag ship and saw action in both Europe and the Pacific. She was decommissioned in March 1959 as pictured below.