Talbot County-class tank landing ship

USS Tallahatchie County
Class overview
Name	Talbot County class
Builders	Boston Navy Yard
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	LST(2) class
Succeeded by	Terrebonne Parish class
Built	1945-1947
In commission	1946-1970
Planned	3
Completed	2
Cancelled	1
Retired	2
General characteristics [1]
Type	Tank landing ship
Displacement	6,000 long tons (6,096 t)
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draft	14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsion	2 × 450 psi (3,100 kPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 × Geared turbines (Westinghouse forward, General Electric aft)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Troops	197
Complement	190
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aviation facilities	Helipad

The Talbot County-class tank landing ships was a class of tank landing ship of the United States Navy. They were the only steam-powered LSTs built.^[2]

Ships of class

Pennant number	Name	Callsign	Builders	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Talbot County-class tank landing ship[3]
LST-1153	Talbot County	NKHZ	Boston Navy Yard	24 April 1947	3 September 1947	3 April 1970	Sold to commercial service, fate unknown
LST-1154 / AVB-2	Tallahatchie County	NKIB		19 July 1946	24 May 1949	15 January 1970	Scrapped in July 1970
LST-1155	Cancelled

References

1. "Tank Landing Ship LST-1153 Talbot County". navsource.org. 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
2. "LST-1153 Talbot County". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
3. "Tank Landing Ship (LST)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 December 2021.