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U.S.S. CAYUGA

(LST-1186)

UNITED WE LAND

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USS CAYUGA (LST-1186 ) - a Newport-class tank landing ship

In Commission 1970 to 1994

LST-1186 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-1186 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-1186 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1968-Keel Date: 28 SEP 1968
at National Steel & Ship Building - San Diego CA
JUL1969-Launch Date: 12 JUL 1969
AUG1970-Commissioned: 8 AUG 1970
MAR1971-MAY1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1972-AUG1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1972-NOV1972WestPac- Danang Rep. of Vietnam
MAR1973-NOV1974West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1973-JUL1973South America
FEB1974-JUL1974West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1974-APR1975West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1975-APR1976West Pac
OCT1975-MAY1976West Pac
DEC1975-Shellback Initiation - 2 DEC 1975 - Pacific Ocean
DEC1975- Shellback Initiation - 2 DEC 1975 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1977-Shellback Initiation - 16 MAR 1977 - Indian Ocean
JAN1978-OCT1981West Pac
AUG1978-APR1979West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
AUG1978-APR1979WESTPAC
JAN1981-JUN1981West Pac
AUG1982-FEB1983West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
SEP1982-DEC1982Inchon Landing
OCT1982-Shellback Initiation - 16 OCT 1982 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1985-JUL1985West Pac
JAN1985-JUL1985West Pac
APR1985-OCT1985West Pac
JUN1985-Shellback Initiation - 23 JUN 1985 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1986-Shellback Initiation - 13 AUG 1986 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1987-JUN1987West Pac
JAN1987-JAN1987Golden shellback Intiation
JAN1987- Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1987 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1987- Shellback Initiation - 23 JUN 1987 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1988-FEB1989West Pac
AUG1990-JAN1991West pac
AUG1990-JAN1991Desert Shield
JAN1991-FEB1991Desert Storm
DEC1992-MAY1993Somalia
SEP1993- Shellback Initiation - 28 SEP 1993 - Indian Ocean
OCT1993-JAN1994Somalia
AUG1994-Decommissioned: 26 AUG 1994

LST-1186 General Specifications

Class: Newport-class tank landing ship

Named for: Cayuga County

Complement: 32 Officers and 232 Enlisted

Displacement: 8757 tons

Length: 523 feet

Beam: 70 feet

Flank Speed: 27 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to Brazil 24 January 2001