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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

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USS Saginaw (LST-1188)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from left to right Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4-Lebanon) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Beirut Evacuation, 1-Cuban Resettlement)

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USS Saginaw (LST-1188) was transferred to Australia and renamed HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51)

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Final Disposition, sold to Australia, 27 September 1994 under the Security Assistance Program, renamed HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51)

Saginaw was the tenth 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.

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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 251-C, 8 cylinder generator sets, 750KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
USS Saginaw (LST-1188)
	409k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) entering the port of Genoa, Italy, 2 August 1972.		Photo by Carlo Martinelli
	24k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) underway, circa 1977		LST Home Port web site
	37k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) underway, circa 1977		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	72k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.		Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
	381k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) and an unidentified Newport class LST in Philippine waters during her 1977 WestPac tour. Photo by Dave Seigar.		Derick S. Hartshorn
	87k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) off loading Marines and equipment at Beirut Lebanon, 1982		James D. Case
	113k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) off loading Marines and equipment at Beirut Lebanon, 1982		James D. Case
	53k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) underway on to Potomac River after an open house at the Government Services Administration pier, Alexandria, VA., 5 April 1987. Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-87-05477 a US Navy by Don S. Montgomery, now in the collections of Defense Imagery		Robert Hurst
	66k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) and USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) moored pierside at NAB Little Creek VA., September 1994, prior to transfer to the Australia.		US Navy Photo
	138k	USS Saginaw (LST-1188) Master At Arms Badge.		Robert M. Cieri
HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51)
	48k	Ex-USS Saginaw (LST-1188) in Australian service as HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) coming alongside a replenishment ship, during Operation "Ocean Protector," February 2001. Note: the "Romeo" flag flying from her port yardarm.		Australian Navy web site
	66k	HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) leaving Port Jackson (Sydney Harbor) Australia for Operation Falconer, the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Photo taken by Benedict Spearritt.		Robert Hurst
	416k	HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) at her moorings at Darwin, Australia in July 2006. Photo by Stephen Barnett.		Robert Hurst
	391k	HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) approaching Garden Island in Sydney Harbor with a tug alongside, 13 March 2009.		Photo by Glenn Towler
	274k	HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) and HMAS Farncomb (SSG-74) anchored in Sydney Harbor following a ceremonial fleet entry in March 2009.		Robert Hurst
	420k	USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200) refuels the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) left, and the Royal Australian Navy amphibious ship HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51), right during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises. RIMPAC is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability US Navy photo # 100713-N-7058E-449 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 13, 2010) by LT. Ed Early.		Robert Hurst
	375k	A Royal Australian Navy Sea King helicopter lands on the aft flight deck of the Royal Australian Navy amphibious ship HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51), 13 July, 2010 during the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises. US Navy photo #100713-N-7058E-050 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 13, 2010) by LT. Ed Early.		Robert Hurst
	1692k	HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises. US Navy photo #100730-N-6854D-103 PEARL HARBOR (July 30, 2010) by MC2 Jon Dasbach.		Robert Hurst

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For more photos and information about USS Saginaw, see; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships USS Saginaw (LST 1188) Commanding Officers

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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