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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

LSD-29 Plymouth Rock

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Quebec - Alpha

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Lebanon, 1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic)
Humanitarian Service Medal (Jamaica Relief (14Aug79-23Dec79)

Thomaston Class Dock Landing Ship:

Laid down, 4 May 1953, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, 7 May 1954

Commissioned USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), 29 November 1954, CDR. D. Bontecou in command

Decommissioned, 30 September 1983

Custody transferred to MARAD

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 24 February 1992

Final Disposition, sold by MARAD for scrapping, 25 August 1995, to Peck Recycling, Richmond, VA., for $268,707

Specifications:
Displacement 8,899 t.(lt), 11,525 t(fl)
Length 510'
Beam 84'
Draft 19'
Speed 21 kts.
Complement 304
Troop Accommodations 300
Armament (as built)

eight twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Boat Capacity (Well Deck) 21 LCM(6)s
Aircraft up to 8 helicopters
Propulsion 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 SHP

Size	Image Description	Contributed By /Source
33k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), Chesapeake Bay, July 1964.	© Richard Leonhardt
123k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), Chesapeake Bay, July 1964.	© Richard Leonhardt
111k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), date and location unknown.	USS Plymouth Rock Association
102k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) probably in Hampton Roads, date unknown. Photo ©Nobe Smith Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.	Bill Gonyo
135k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) as she appeared circa late 1950s or early 1960s. Note "HUS" helicopter on her after deck US Navy photo # NH 97359, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
120k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) Seen here fitted with a retractable sonar forward, circa 1963. US Navy photo # NH 97360, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
102k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) underway shortly before deploying to the Mediterranean for a tour with the Sixth Fleet, 8 April 1963. Note the experimental retractable sonar fitted to her bow US Navy photo # 1089896, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
102k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) pulls alongside Iwo Jima (LPH-2) for refueling during operations in the Atlantic, February 1979. Note CH-46 "Sea Knight" helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) parked in the foreground. Photographed by PH2 Alexander and PH3 Kent from on board the *Iwo Jima* US Navy photo # NH 97361, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
66k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), on the Hudson River, New York City, date unknown. US Navy photo.	Stanley C. Svec
43k	Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) during amphibious exercises off Rhodes, Greece, date unknown.	Tracy L. Shaw, photo by George C. Shaw, Jr. 1st. Sgt, USMC

Additional Ships Patches Contributed by Mike Smolinski

View the Plymouth Rock (LSD-29)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) Association
The LSDs of the US Navy

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Last Updated 21 December 20097