|
UNDERWAY! 2025 Wall Calendar / W.W. II SPECIAL EDITION NOW AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click on your Rating abbreviation above: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.S. SCHENECTADY
(LST-1185)SKINNEY - T
Click to view crew list
The USS SCHENECTADY (LST-1185), a Newport class tank landing ship, was commissioned on 13 JUN 1970. USS SCHENECTADY served her country for 23 years, 6 months and 2 days, until decommissioned on 15 DEC 1993.
The USS SCHENECTADY (LST-1185) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
LST-1185 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a LST-1185 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1185 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1968 | - | Keel Date: 2 AUG 1968 at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | ||
| MAY | 1969 | - | Launch Date: 24 MAY 1969 | ||
| JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1970 | - | Commissioned: 13 JUN 1970 | ||
| JAN | 1971 | - | NOV | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1971 | - | NOV | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1971 | - | JUN | 1971 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1971 | - | AUG | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 DEC 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1972 | Trip up Me Kong River to get PT boat |
| FEB | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 FEB 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1972 | - | MAR | 1972 | West Pac - Ships guns fired at enemy |
| JUN | 1972 | - | JUL | 1972 | delivering generators to phillapine govt. president marcos |
| JUN | 1973 | - | JAN | 1975 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1973 | - | MAR | 1974 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1975 | - | MAY | 1976 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1977 | - | JAN | 1981 | West Pac |
| MAR | 1977 | - | NOV | 1977 | Largest Cold War Naval Show of Force-Helicopter Crash 10/21/77 |
| MAR | 1977 | - | NOV | 1977 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1977 | - | OCT | 1977 | Operation Fortress Lightning 1977 On Oct 21 1977 Even in peacet |
| JAN | 1978 | - | JAN | 1978 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1978 | - | AUG | 1978 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1979 | - | SEP | 1979 | West Pac |
| APR | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 APR 1979 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 APR 1979 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1981 | - | DEC | 1981 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| SEP | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 SEP 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1983 | - | JUL | 1983 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | 2nd Battalion 9th Marines re-enacted the WWII attack @ Iwo Jima |
| NOV | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 NOV 1988 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1990 | - | AUG | 1990 | Desert Shield |
| JUL | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 JUL 1991 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1992 | - | NOV | 1992 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 JUL 1992 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1993 | - | Decommissioned: 15 DEC 1993 | ||
LST-1185 General Specifications
Class: Newport class tank landing ship
Named for: Schenectady
Complement: 14 Officers and 241 Enlisted
Displacement: 5008 tons
Length: 523 feet
Beam: 70 feet
Flank Speed: 27 knots
Final Disposition: Sunk as a target November 23 2004
Click Here
U.S.S. SCHENECTADY
(LST-1185)
at HullNumber.com
(LST-1185)
at HullNumber.com
- - Specs & Deployments
- - Crew Roster
- - Photos
- - NEW -> ALL HANDS
- - Internet Links
- - Reunion Info
Add Your Name to the
LST-1185 Crew Roster
HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another.
Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER.
We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you... Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories.
PRIVACY NOTICE:
HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously
HullNumber.com does not share your information.
HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase.
If contacted by a Shipmate through HullNumber, your Shipmate does not have your email address unless you reply.
At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link.