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LSD-23 Fort Snelling
T-AK-273 / T-LSV-8 Taurus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Casa Grande Class Landing Ship Dock:
  • Laid down as Fort Snelling (LSD-23), 8 November 1944 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL.
  • Contract canceled (date unknown)
  • Completed in 1956 as SS Carib Queen
  • Acquired by the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Classified as a Cargo Ship and placed in service, 15 January 1959, as USNS Taurus (T-AK-273)
  • Reclassified as a Landing Ship Vehicle (T-LSV-8), 1 January 1963
  • Placed out of service in September 1968 at Yokosuka Japan
  • Custody transferred to MARAD, 25 June 1969 for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 June 1969 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York NY., 25 June 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 June 1971
    AK Specifications:
    Displacement 9,950 t.(fl)
    Length 476'
    Beam 72'
    Draft 19'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 69
    Propulsion two geared turbines, 2 shafts, 7,400shp
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