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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Schenectady (LST-1185)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - India - Charlie NFIC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (3)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Campaign Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 2 August 1968, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 24 May 1969

Commissioned USS Schenectady (LST-1185), 13 June 1970, CDR. David E. Sigsworth in command

During the Vietnam War USS Schenectady (LST-1185) participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 23 to 26 May 1971	Vietnam Ceasefire 1 April to 7 May 1972 22 May to 11 June 1972 23 June to 15 July 1972
Consolidation II 12 to 9 December 1971 5 to 7 January 1972 6 to 10 February 1972 15 to 17 February 1972 21 March 1972 24 to 26 March 1972	.

Decommissioned, 15 December 1993

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, category B status, at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Pearl Harbor, HI.

Struck from the Naval Register, 13 July 2001

Final Disposition, sunk as a target by B-52's, B-1's, F-15's along with FA-18's during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004

USS Schenectady earned three campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Schenectady was the fifth ship of the twenty ship Newport tank landing ship class, 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.

Specifications:
Displacement 5,190 t.(lt), 8,550 t.(fl)
Length 522' 3" (ovl)
Beam 69' 9 1/2" (max)
Draft max forward (fl) 13' 6", max aft (fl) 16' 3" 15'
Speed 27 kts. max.
Complement

14 Officers

15 CPO

226 Other Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

18 Officers

21 SNCO

268 Other Enlisted
Boats

three 36' LCVPs

one 36' LCPL
Aircraft

flight deck one spot
Armament

As Built

two twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

Upgraded

two .25mm chain guns

six .50 cal machine guns

one 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)
Propulsion

six 16 cylinder ALCO 16-251E main propulsion diesel engines

two shafts, three engines per shaft, shaft horsepower 15,000

two controllable reversible pitch propellers, twin rudders

three ALCO 8-251C Generator sets, 1200 KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
51k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Tom Sparkman and Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
21k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, San Diego, 1978	Tom Sparkman
18k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tom Sparkman
25k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tom Sparkman
25k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tom Sparkman
88k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
91k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
92k	Bow view of *USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** moored at Pier 11 Naval Station San Diego, CA,, spring 1987.	Photo by Scott Miller
72k	Marines watch as *USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** comes alongside to refuel while enroute to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield, 1 September 1990. DVIC photo # DN-ST-91-02176 by PH3 Smith, USN, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Bill Gonyo
49k	Ex-*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** being hit with a bomb during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004.	Peter E. Skoutas EN1(SW) USN
77k	Ex-*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** after being hit with a bomb during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004.	Peter E. Skoutas EN1(SW) USN
86k	Ex-Schenectady (LST-1185) lists after being hit with seven 2,000 Joint Defense Attack Munitions (JADAM) missiles during exercise Resultant Fury at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI., 23 November 2004. DVIC photo # DF-SD-07-41203 by TSGT Richard Freeland USAF, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Bill Gonyo

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View the Schenectady (LST-1185)
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
Mobile Riverine Force Association
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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