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U.S.S. TERREBONNE PARISH
(LST-1156)CAN DO
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USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST-1156 ) - a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
In Commission 1952 to 1971LST-1156 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-1156 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1156 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1952 | - | Keel Date: 2 JAN 1952 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
AUG | 1952 | - | Launch Date: 9 AUG 1952 | ||
NOV | 1952 | - | Commissioned: 21 NOV 1952 | ||
SEP | 1953 | - | JAN | 1954 | Regular Overhaul |
JAN | 1955 | - | MAR | 1955 | Sea Trials |
FEB | 1956 | - | FEB | 1956 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
APR | 1956 | - | JUN | 1956 | Dry Dock |
SEP | 1957 | - | MAY | 1958 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1958 | - | JUN | 1958 | Dry Dock |
JUL | 1958 | - | OCT | 1958 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
AUG | 1958 | - | FEB | 1959 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1958 | - | FEB | 1959 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1959 | - | AUG | 1959 | Great Lakes |
JUN | 1960 | - | JUL | 1960 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
APR | 1963 | - | MAY | 1963 | Dry Dock |
MAY | 1964 | - | JUN | 1964 | World's Fair NYC |
OCT | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Dry Dock |
APR | 1966 | - | JUL | 1966 | Caribbean |
JUL | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUL 1968 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1970 | - | JUN | 1970 | Caribbean |
NOV | 1970 | - | MAY | 1971 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1971 | - | AUG | 1971 | Panama Canal |
OCT | 1971 | - | Decommissioned: 29 OCT 1971 |
LST-1156 General Specifications
Class: Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
Named for: Terrebonne Parish
Displacement: 2590 tons
Length: 384 feet 0 inches
Beam: 55 feet 0 inches
Draft: 17 feet 0 in
USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST-1156)
Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) was laid down as LST-1156 on
2 January 1952 at Bath
Maine
by the Bath Iron Works
launched on 9 August
1952; sponsored by Miss Anne L. McCrea
and commissioned on 21 November
1952
Lt. Comdr. Henry L. Porter in command.
Following trials and shakedown
LST-1156 underwent post-shakedown
alterations at the Norfolk Navy Yard before commencing operations out of
Little Creek with Amphibious Forces
Atlantic Fleet
on 14 September 1953.
The ship then conducted training exercises out of Little Creek before entering
the Norfolk Navy Yard for conversion to an LST Flotilla flagship
involving
the installation of much new communications equipment. LST 1156 remained
on operations out of Little Creek through June 1955. On 1 July 1955
the
ship was named Terrebonne Parish
while retaining her designation
of LST-1156.
Following operations in the Caribbean and off North Carolina and overhaul
at the Charleston (S.C.) Naval Shipyarl
Terrebonne Parish conducted
a cruise to Lisbon
Portugal
and Port Lyautey
French Morocco before resuming
local operations out of Little Creek. She continued participating in exercises
and assault landings in the Caribbean and returned to Norfolk on 14 May
1957 to resume local operations and type training.
On 29 August 1957
Terrebonne Parish cleared Norfolk for Morehead
City
N.C.
and
on the following day
embarked marines
vehicles
and cargo
for transport to the Mediterranean. The LST joined units of the 6th Fleet
at Taranto
Italy
on 16 September. During the subsequent tour
the ship
took part in NATO landing exercises at Saros Gulf
Turkey
and visited ports
in Turkey
Greece
Italy
Crete
and Sicily before returning to the United
States on 12 February 1958 and resuming local operations out of Little Creek.
Following overhaul and refresher training
she again deployed to the Mediterranean
with the 6th Fleet in September 1958
serving as part of Service Force
Mediterranean
before returning westward once again to the United States
and operations off the east coast and in Caribbean waters.
On 16 June 1959
Terrebonne Parish commenced an inland seas cruise
transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway and calling at Iroquois
Cape Vincent
and Port Weller
Ontario; Ashtabula
Ohio; Kenosha
Wisc.; Chicago
Ill.;
Milwaukee
Wisc.; Cleveland
Ohio; Erie
Pa.; and Port Colburne and Rochester
N.Y.
before returning to her home base of Little Creek on 6 August. Also
in 1959
the ship participated in Exercise TRALEX -- one of the largest
amphibious exercises conducted in that year
Terrebonne Parish conducted yearly deployments to the Mediterranean
with periodic overhauls and exercises
through 1961. In late October 1962
after the presence of Soviet missiles was detected in Cuba
the United States
instituted a "quarantine"throwing a naval cordon around the island.
During these emergency preparations
the LST operated with the Atlantic
Fleet Amphibious Force through December
when the crisis finally subsided.
Attached to Amphibious Forces Atlantic Fleet
Amphibious Squadron 6
the
ship conducted operations off the Virginia Capes in January and February
1963 and then was overhauled in Jacksonville
Fla.
before she again sailed
for the Mediterranean.
During her 1963 deployment with the 6th Fleet
Terrebonne Parish
participated in MEDLANDEX
a joint United States-Spanish exercise wherein
3
000 American and Spanish Marines were landed with support from carrier-based
aircraft. The ship remained in the Mediterranean into February 1964 before
returning to the United States for amphibious exercises in the spring at
Onslow Beach
N.C.
and off Camp Pendleton
Va. She proceeded to New York
in July to visit the New York World's Fair before taking part in an amphibious
exercise with marines and midshipmen off Camp Pendleton.
Early in the autumn
she embarked the men and vehicles of "G"
Company
1st Battalion
2d Marines
and proceeded for Huelva
Spain
to
take part in Exercise "Steel Pike" -- where the ship became the
first LST to "marry" to an eighteen-section causeway for landing
her embarked vehicles. For the remainder of her deployment
the ship took
part in landing exercises off Sardinia and Corsica and made visits to ports
in Italy
France
and Spain
spending the Christmas holidays in Barcelona
Spain
and New Year's at Valencia.
Returning home to the United States towards the end of March 1965
the ship
transported a Marine missile detachment to the Caribbean
and then underwent
extensive overhaul for four months by the Bethlehem Steel shipyard at Baltimore
Md. After refresher training
Terrebonne Parish got underway for
the Caribbean on 3 March 1966 to begin a four-month deployment to participate
in exercises and operations involving beachings and landings. The ship next
made two lifts to the Dominican Republic in late August and early September.
During this Caribbean tour
a locking device was developed for the sand
flaps on the ship's bow doors
to keep them secure while underway. Tests
proved that these new devicesinstalled in January at San Juan
Puerto Ricowere
very efficient. As a result
this modification was approved for all LST's.
Terrebonne Parish commenced her 7th Mediterranean deployment on 30
March 1967 when she embarked marines of the 1st Battalion
6th Marine Regiment
at Morehead City and crossed the Atlantic in company with four minesweepers
of Mine Division 83. Upon arriving at Aranci Bay
Sardinia
on 19 April
the ship joined Amphibious Squadron 6
Task Force 61
and soon participated
in Exercise "Fairgame Five" -- a Franco-American amphibious exercise
which brought together elements of the French Army
Navy
Commandos
and
Foreign Legion
as well as a joint Navy-Marine team.
The ship headed for the western half of the Mediterranean and proceeded
to Italy and Crete for further exercises. While the ship was at Taormina
Sicily
in late July
volunteers from her ship's company and embarked troops
went ashore to battle a raging brush fire threatening the town of Giardini.
Leaving Taormina on 7 August and arriving at Porto Scudo
Sardinia
on 12
August
the ship took part in further amphibious exercises before she reembarked
her marines after field exercises and proceeded to Malaga
Spain
for further
amphibious training operations. The ship subsequently departed Rota
Spain
on 2 September for her return voyage to the United states.
Deploying to the Mediterranean in 1969
the ship moved to the Caibbean early
in the following year and also conducted exercises off the east coast before
returning to the Mediterranean
in late 1970
for her ninth deployment.
The following year
still homeported at Little Creek
Va.
and operating
under command of Amphibious Forces
Atlantic
Terrebonne Parwh deployed
to the Caribbean for exercises and training activities. These included an
operation from 5 to 10 August 1971 in which United States Army and Panamanian
National Guard units participated.
Soon after returning from Panama
the ship began preparations for her upcoming
transfer to the Spanish government. On 29 October 1971
the ship was decommissioned
and turned over to the Spanish Navy at Little Creek
Va. Subsequently renamed
Velasco and designated L-11
the ship served Spain into 1980.
[Note: The above USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST-1156) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST-1156) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]