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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

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USS Fairfax County (LST-1193)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Delta - November NZDN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Bottom Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon, 1-Sharp Edge) - National Defense Service Medal - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation

USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) was transferred to Australia and renamed HMAS Manoora (LPA-52)

LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 28 March 1970, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 19 December 1970

Commissioned USS Fairfax County (LST-1193), 16 October 1971, CDR. John F. Neese in command

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 17 August 1994

Sold to Australia under the Security Assistance Program, 27 September 1994, renamed HMAS Manoora (LPA-52)

Fairfax County was the fifteenth 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 251-C, 8 cylinder generator sets, 750KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

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USS Fairfax County (LST-1193)
	98k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193) and an unidentified LPH**, date and place unknown. Note causeways loaded on both port and starboard sides aft of superstructure, vehicles on deck and LPH in background.	Donald J Holland SKC USN Ret plank owner and crew member October 1971 to September 1973
	63k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193) underway in 1975. Photo by Charlie Nelson BT3 USS Shreveport (LPD-12)**	Larry Schultz USS Fairfax County
	77k		Larry Schultz USS Fairfax County
	61k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** at Barcelona, Spain, 26 November 1978. Note a pair of SATCOM antennas on the superstructure, port twin 3"/50 gun mount and amidships davits for four LCVPs (two on each side).	Photo by Fabio Peña
	51k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** at Barcelona, Spain, 26 November 1978. This view shows the ship's stern gate, slightly offset to port, with an anchor (used to help retract the ship off beach areas) on the starboard side.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	91k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** at Barcelona, Spain, 12 December 1978. This view of the bow section shows details of the derrick arms, bow doors and superstructure, with a passage to permit vehicles to shift between the forward and aft decks.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	62k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** at Barcelona, Spain, 28 December 1978. This view shows stern ramp almost totally lowered.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	139k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1980.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	131k	*USS Forrestal* (CV-59) and Battle Group, 28 April 1989, en route to New York City for Fleet Week '89. Ships accompanying Forrestal can be identified as (clockwise from extreme left): USS McCloy (FF-1038), USS Fairfax County (LST-1193), USS Klakring (FFG-42), USS W.S. Sims (FF-1059) or USS Pharris (FF-1094), USS Ticonderoga (CG-47), USS Hayler (DD-997), W.S. Sims or Pharris, and USS Macdonough (DDG-39)**.	Ken Killmeyer, USS Forrestal Association historian
	76k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** at Barcelona, Spain, 1 June 1992	Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Armada Espanola
	89k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** approaching a berth in Frederiksted, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands, 1 May 1993, while participating in the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '93. DVIC photo # DF-ST-93-05164 by SGT. Mike Reinhardt, USAF, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Bill Gonyo
	64k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193)** swings around in the Potomac River, at Alexandria, VA. before docking for a port visit, 1 July 1994. The ship was making a visit to its namesake, Fairfax County, before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in September 1994. DVIC photo # DN-ST-95-00116 by Don S. Montgomery, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Bill Gonyo
	66k	*USS Fairfax County* (LST-1193) and USS Saginaw (LST-1188)** at NAB Little Creek, VA. in September 1994.	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) web site
HMAS Manoora (LPA-52)
	43k	Ex-Fairfax County (LST-1193) in Australian service as *HMAS Manoora* (LPA-52)** in Sydney Harbour, date unknown.	Australian Navy web site
	76k	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Australian Navy web site
	86k	*HMAS Manoora* (LPA-52)** underway, date and location unknown.	Australian Navy web site
	40k	*HMAS Manoora* (LPA-52)** at anchor off Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 February 2003, while serving as Flagship for the Royal Hobart Regatta.	Glenn Towler
	95k	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) moored pierside during a port visit at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 November 2005.	Glenn Towler
	78k	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) moored pierside during a port visit at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 November 2005.	Glenn Towler
	84k	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) moored pierside during a port visit at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 November 2005.	Glenn Towler
	484k	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) anchored in Sydney Harbor off one of the islands of Fort Jackson, 13 March 2009.	Photo by Glenn Towler
	788k	HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) anchored in Sydney Harbor off one of the islands of Fort Jackson, 13 March 2009.	Photo by Glenn Towler