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U.S.S. PLYMOUTH ROCK

(LSD-29)

ALWAYS THE FIRST LANDING

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USS PLYMOUTH ROCK (LSD-29) - a Thomaston-class dock landing ship

In Commission 1954 to 1983

LSD-29 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1953-Keel Date: 4 MAY 1953
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
MAY1954-Launch Date: 7 MAY 1954
NOV1954-Commissioned: 29 NOV 1954
MAR1956-OCT1956Mediterranean
MAR1956-OCT1956North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
APR1956-OCT1956amphibious exercises med.
JUL1957-SEP1957Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JAN1958-JAN1958Beirut landing operations 1958
JAN1958-MAR1958Mediterranean-Lebanon
FEB1960-Shellback Initiation - 11 FEB 1960 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1960-DEC1960Mediterranean
APR1961-JUL1961Mediterranean
MAY1961-JUN1961Mediterranean
SEP1961-FEB1965Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
MAY1963-OCT1963Mediterranean
OCT1965-DEC1965Guantanamo Bay
JAN1966-MAR1966H-Bomb recovery operations off Palomares Spain
JAN1966-MAR1966North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
OCT1966-NOV1966Caribbean
MAY1969-SEP1970Caribbean
MAY1969-DEC1969Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
OCT1969-NOV1969Mediterranean
OCT1969-NOV1969Mediterranean
NOV1969-APR1970Caribbean
JUL1970-AUG1970North Atlantic
FEB1972-AUG1972Mediterranean
OCT1972-MAR1973Caribbean
SEP1974-MAR1975Mediterranean
SEP1974-MAR1975Mediterranean
JUL1978-FEB1979North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
AUG1978-JAN1979North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUL1979-AUG1979Caribbean
JAN1981-DEC1983UNITAS
JUN1981-DEC1981UNITAS
JUN1981-DEC1981UNITAS
JUL1981-Shellback Initiation - 16 JUL 1981 - Atlantic Ocean
JUL1981-DEC1981UNITAS
SEP1982-NOV1982North Atlantic
SEP1983-Decommissioned: 30 SEP 1983

LSD-29 General Specifications

Class: Thomaston-class dock landing ship

Complement: 304 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 8899 tons

Length: 510 feet

Beam: 84 feet

Draft: 19 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 25 August 1995



USS PLYMOUTH ROCK (LSD-29)



Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula Miss. 4 May 1953 launched 7 May 1954; Sponsored by Mrs. Francis C. Denebrink; and commissioned 29 November 1954 Comdr. D. Bontecou in command.

After sailing in January 1955 to Norfolk her homeport Plymouth Rock conducted shakedown off the East Coast and in the Caribbean. In the summer of 1955 she transported men and equipment to early warning sites in the far north. In March 1956 she deployed to the Mediterranean for amphibious operations returning in October. During 1957 she made numerous trips to the Caribbean and again resupplied the Arctic Distant Early Warning Line.

>From May to October 1958 Plymouth Rock operated as a unit of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean participating in the landing of U.S. Marines in Lebanon in July. After developing the concept of "vertical envelopment" by helicopter assault in early 1959 she made a Caribbean cruise to Puerto Rico and Cuba. In February 1960 she participated in operation "Amigo " carrying support helicopters and other equipment for President Eisenhower's visit to South America. From March to December she again deployed to the Mediterranean.

During 1961 Plymouth Rock made several cruises to the Caribbean and one to the Mediterranean including work on project "Mercury" and project ASROC. During 1962 she made several deployments to the Caribbean and was a member of the blockade force during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On 7 May 1963 she again deployed to the Mediterranean returning in October.

In 1964 Plymouth Rock made two Caribbean cruises and then took part in operation "Steel Pike I" off the coast of Spain the largest amphibious operation since World War II. Early 1965 found Plymouth Rock on another Caribbean cruise. From 28 January 1966 to 7 March she was involved in H-Bomb recovery operations off Palomares Spain. Late 1966 found her once again in the Caribbean providing for the victims of hurricane "Inez" in Haiti. After three Caribbean cruises in early 1967 Plymouth Rock deployed to northern Europe. She made two more Caribbean deployments in 1968. From June to July 1969 she again deployed to northern Europe. She remains with the Atlantic Fleet into 1970.


Plymouth Rock was decommissioned 30 September 1983 and transferred to the Maritime Administration 8 Nov. 1989. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 24 February 1992 and she was sold 25 August 1995.

[Note: The above USS PLYMOUTH ROCK (LSD-29) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS PLYMOUTH ROCK (LSD-29) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]