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Newport was the lead ship of a twenty ship class of tank landing ships which replaced the traditional bow door design LST. Two derrick arms support a thirty-ton, 112-foot bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other vehicles ashore, additionally, amphibious vehicles can be launched from the tank deck via the ship's stern gate and the ship's flight deck can accommodate most Navy helicopter types.
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46k | USS Newport (LST-1179 underway as seen from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), date and location unknown. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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48k | USS Newport (LST-1179 moored pierside at Barcelona, Spain, 11 November 1976, (unfortunately partially hidden by the merchantman alongside). Note the pontoon causeway secured aft. The clearly visible opening in the superstructure permitted vehicles to shift between the tank deck (forward) and the helicopter deck (aft). | Photo by Fabio Peņa | |
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1422k | A U.S. Marine truck is unloaded from USS Newport (LST-1179) during Valiant Blitz, 1 January 1981. Valiant Blitz is the amphibious assault landing phase of exercise Team Spirit '82. Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-82-05309 (1 January 1982), a US Navy photo by PH1 Felimon Barbante now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil | Robert M. Cieri | |
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132k | USS Newport (LST-1179 underway, date and location unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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56k | USS Newport (LST-1179 beached while lowering her bow ramp during landing exercises, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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65k | USS Newport (LST-1179 underway, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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206k | USS Newport (LST-1179) underway, February 1987 with Amphibious Squadron Four (PhibRon 4) and Marine Amphibious Ready Group (MARG 2-87), 26th MAU embarked off the coast of Spain. Note: Floating causeway sections used to transport equipment from ship to shore secured to Newport's aft quarter. | photo by Tom LaLumiere ex SGT USMC |
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172k | USS Newport (LST-1179) underway, February 1987 with Amphibious Squadron Four (PhibRon 4) and Marine Amphibious Ready Group (MARG 2-87), 26th MAU embarked off the coast of Spain. | Photo by Tom LaLumiere ex SGT USMC |
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89k | USS Newport (LST-1179) underway in the Gulf of Teulada, Sardinia, March 1987 during Exercise Sardinia-87 | Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Aramada Espanola |
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70k | USS Newport (LST-1179 underway in the Mediterranean Sea in 1989. Photo taken from USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192). | Photo by Ward Creech SK2 USN USS Spartanburg County 1988-91 | |
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