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USS Saginaw (LST 1188)

- decommissioned -

USS SAGINAW was the tenth NEWPORT - class Tank Landing Ship. Decommissioned on June 28, 1994, and stricken from the Navy list the same day, SAGINAW was given to the Australian Navy on August 24, 1994. There, she was recommissioned as KANIMBLA.

USS SAGINAW was last homeported in San Diego, Ca.

General Characteristics:Awarded: July 15, 1966
Keel laid: May 24, 1969
Launched: February 7, 1970
Commissioned: January 23, 1971
Decommissioned: June 28, 1994
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif.
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 SAGINAW. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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USS SAGINAW Cruise Books:


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