Dock Landing Ship

LSD 27   -   USS Whetstone

 

 

 

USS Whetstone (LSD 27)

US Navy photo

Type, Class:

 

Dock Landing Ship; Casa Grande - class;

Builder:

 

Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

STATUS:

 

Laid down: April 7, 1945

Launched: July 18, 1945

Commissioned: February 12, 1946

Decommissioned: October 20, 1948

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group.
Recommissioned: June 25, 1950
Decommissioned: April 2, 1970
Struck from the Naval Register, September 1, 1971
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, February 17, 1983
Final Disposition: sold for scrap February 17, 1983

Homeport:

 

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Namesake:

 

> see history, below;

Ship's Motto:

 

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Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Dock Landing Ship / Casa Grande - class

 

ship images

 

Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval Historical Center

 

Namesake & History:

 

 

USS Whetstone (LSD 27):

 

 

 

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