Dock Landing Ship; Thomaston - class;
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
Laid down:
Launched: January 20, 1956
Commissioned: August 24, 1956
Decommissioned: November 12, 1990
Loaned to Brazil - November 12, 1990; renamed Rio de Janeiro (G-31);
Struck from the Naval Register and sold to Brazil - January 24, 2001.
> see history, below;
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(Measures, Propulsion,
see: INFO > Dock Landing Ship / Thomaston - class
Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval Historical Center
Namesake & History:
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