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LSD-38 Pensacola

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Zulu - India

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Iran/Indian Ocean)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal
Fourth Row - Nato Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

USS Pensacola was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Hsu-Hai (LSD-193)

Anchorage Class Dock Landing Ship:

Laid down, 12 March 1969, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 11 July 1970

Commissioned USS Pensacola (LSD-38), 27 March 1971

Decommissioned, 30 September 1999 (Ceremonial Date, 22 September 1999)

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1999

Final Disposition, disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), sold/transferred to the Republic of China, 30 September 1999

Commissioned into the Republic of China Navy as Hsu-Hai (LSD-193) in June 2000

Current Disposition, active in the Republic of China Navy

Specifications:
Displacement 8,325 t.(lt), 14,095 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 84'
Draft 19'
Speed 20+kts.
Complement 24 Officers, 300 Enlisted
Troop Capacity 320
Boats (Well Deck Capacity) 3 LCACs or 2 LCUs
Armament

four twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts (removed in 1980)

two Phalanx CIWS gun mounts

two 25mm Bushmaster chain guns
Propulsion two 600psi boilers, two De Laval Steam Turbines; two shafts, 24,000 SHP

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Pensacola (LSD-38)
	128k	Pensacola (LSD-38) underway off the coast of Massachusetts, date unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	60k	Pensacola (LSD-38) riding at anchor at Barcelona, Spain, 24 September 1979.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	65k	Pensacola (LSD-38) anchored at Barcelona, Spain, 24 September 1979.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	20k	Pensacola (LSD-38) underway, date and place unknown. A HiRes version of this photo available from ©Atlantic Fleet Sales	Robert M. Cieri
	20k	Pensacola (LSD-38) underway in Hampton Roads, VA., date unknown	.
	43k	Pensacola (LSD-38) moored pierside, date and place unknown.	Peter Wilson
	62k	Pensacola (LSD-38) underway in the Pacific Ocean, August 1988. DOD photo # DN-ST-89-01312	Bill Gonyo
	57k	The large harbor tug Campti (YTB 816) prepares to maneuver Pensacola (LSD-38) out of her berth at *Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA.,* as she departs for the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, 23 August 1990. DVIC photo # DNST9011247 by PH2 Stephen Batiz USN.	Defense Visual Information Center
	56k	Pensacola (LSD-38) riding at anchor off Corfu Greece, March 1997	Esterhazy
	65k	Pensacola (LSD-38) with her stern flooded down and stern gate open to allow a Lifting Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) assault craft to enter her well deck, date unknown, location is probably some place off Little Creek Amphibious Base, VA.	Robert Hall
Hsu-Hau (LSD-193)
	107k	ex-Pensacola (LSD-38) in Republic of China service as Hsu-Hai (LSD-193) underway, place unknown, 7 September 2004.	Yu-Lun Miao

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DANFS history entry Located at the US Naval Historical Center

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Last Updated 16 November 2007