USS Newport (LST 1179)

- decommissioned -

USS NEWPORT was the lead ship of the NEWPORT - class of Tank Landing Ships and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned on October 1, 1992, the USS NEWPORT was transfered to the Mexican Navy on May 23, 2001. There, the ship was recommissioned as RIO PAPALOAPAN and the US Navy struck the NEWPORT from the Navy list on July 13, 2001.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 29, 1965
	Keel laid: November 1, 1966
	Launched: February 3, 1968
	Commissioned: June 7, 1969
	Decommissioned: October 1, 1992
	Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn.
	Propulsion system: 6 diesels; 16,000 horsepower; bow thruster
	Propellers: two and one bow thruster screw
	Length: 522 feet (159 meters)
	Length over derrick arms: 561 feet (171 meters)
	Beam: 70 feet (21.2 meters)
	Draft: 17,4 feet (5.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 8500 tons
	Speed: 20 knots
	Aircraft: helicopter platform only
	Armament: one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 3-inch/.50-caliber guns
	Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS NEWPORT. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS NEWPORT Cruise Books:

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Accidents aboard USS NEWPORT:

Date	Where	Events
September 30, 1981	north off Cuba	USS PEGASUS (PHM 1) collides with the USS NEWPORT while making an approach to connect for towing, causing minor damage.
March 18, 1982	Berbera, Somalia	USS NEWPORT suffers a class B fire in a main engineering space while at anchor.

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