USS Manitowoc (LST-1180)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name: | USS Manitowoc (LST-1180) |
| Namesake: | Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Ordered: | 29 December 1965 |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 27 February 1967 |
| Launched: | 4 January 1969 |
| Acquired: | 1 April 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 24 January 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 June 1993 |
| Struck: | 23 July 2002 |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned (Taiwan), 29 September 2000 |
| History | |
 Taiwan | |
| Name: | ROCS Chung Ho (LST-232) |
| Fate: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Newport class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | |
| Length: | 522 ft (159.11 m) overall, 500 ft (152.4 m) at the waterline. |
| Beam: | 70 ft (21.3 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft (5.79 m) |
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| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Troops: | Marine detachment:360 plus 40 surge |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 210 enlisted |
USS Manitowoc (LST 1180) was the second ship of the Newport class LST in the United States Navy. The Manitowoc was built at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and was powered by six GMC V-16 turbocharged diesels.
LST‑1180 was laid down by Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 February 1967; named Manitowoc (after the county in Wisconsin) on 21 March 1967; launched 4 January 1969 and sponsored by Mrs. Gaylord Nelson, wife of the U.S. senator from Wisconsin; and commissioned 24 January 1970.
"Manitowoc" is Anishinaabe for "home of the Great Spirit." The ship's nickname was "Mighty Manny."
Manitowoc conducted two deployments off Vietnam in 1971 and 1972. She carried troops to Lebanon during the intervention there in 1982 and 1983, and participated in the Grenada operations in October and November 1983. Manitowoc participated in the Persian Gulf War before decommissioning on 30 June 1993. The ship was then transferred to the Republic of China through the Security Assistance Program on 29 September 2000.
Notable officers and crew
William J. Marshall served as a lieutenant commander aboard Manitowoc in the early 1980s. He later became a rear admiral and served as the Navy's director of expeditionary warfare and as commanding officer of Naval Base Kitsap.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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