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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - Oscar - Uniform

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3) (Cuba, Dominican Republic(2)

USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) also served as the Spanish Naval vessel Velasco (L-11)

LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 2 January 1952, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME;

Launched, 9 August 1952

Commissioned USS LST-1156, 21 November 1952, LCDR. Henry L. Porter in command

Named USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156), 1 July 1955

Decommissioned, 29 October 1971

Transferred to Spain, 29 October 1971, renamed Velasco (L 11)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1976

Final Disposition, Velasco was decommissioned by the Spanish Navy and used as a training hulk for UOE ("Unidad de Operaciones Especiales", Special Operations Unit) at La Carraca, Cádiz, ultimately she was scrapped, circa 1994

Specifications:
Displacement 2,590 t.(lt), 5,800 t.(fl)
Length 384'
Beam 55'
Draft 17'
Speed 14 kts.
Complement 160
Troop Accommodations 15 officers, 380 enlisted
Boats three LCVP, one LCPL
Armament three twin 3"/50 gun mounts, five single 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion four GM 16-278A diesel engines, 6000shp, two controllable pitch propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156)
	33k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) underway, date and location unknown.	Al Hines
	151k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) underway, date and location unknown.	Harry Carr
	151k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) beaching during Amphibious Exercises in the Caribbean Sea, probably at Viques Island near the island of Puerto Rico, circa 1959-60. Photo was taken from *LCU-1473*.	Photo by Pat Dineen, LCU-1473 electrician, contributed by Bob Carrier EN-3 LCU-1473(1963-July 1963) LCU-1473
	22k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) at Malta, 1960	Nick Gardner
	68k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) off-loading troops during Sixth Fleet amphibious exercises. US Navy photo for "All Hands" magazine, December 1961	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	39k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) underway in the Chesapeake Bay, 1969	Nick Gardner
	34k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) underway in the Chesapeake Bay, 1969	Nick Gardner
	66k	Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Stanley C. Svec
Velasco (L-11)
	74k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Barcelona, Spain, 19 March 1978	Photo by Fabio Peña
	97k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Barcelona, Spain, 19 March 1978. Closeup of superstructure.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	80k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Barcelona, Spain, 18 January 1981. Note the forward Mk.33 twin 3"/50 gun mounts, along with their Mk.63 GFCS on the tower-like structure behind them (note the "dish" of the Mk.34 radar on the starboard gun mount itself).	Photo by Fabio Peña
	95k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Barcelona, Spain, 18 January 1981. Close-up of the superstructure, showing two LCVPs in a davit and the aft Mk.63 GFCS	Photo by Fabio Peña
	48k	On May 30, 1981 ("Dia de las Fuerzas Armadas", Armed Forces Day) the Spanish Navy performed a simulated amphibious assault for the citizens of Barcelona. This view shows Velasco (L 11), [ex-Terrebonne Parish (LST 1156)] and Galicia (L 31) [ex-San Marcos (LSD 25)]--landing craft are headed to the beach and a support helicopter overflies the ships.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	48k	The Spanish LST Velasco (L 11), ex-Terrebonne Parish (LST 1156), at Barcelona, Spain, 31 May 1981; the ship has a pontoon causeway secured amidships.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	67k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Alboran Sea, June 1985	Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Armada Espanola
	77k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Alboran Sea, June 1985	Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Armada Espanola
	54k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Alboran Sea, June 1985	Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Armada Espanola
	58k	ex Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) seen here in Spanish service as Velasco (L-11), Alboran Sea, June 1985	Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Armada Espanola