USS Racine (LST 1191)

- decommissioned -
- sunk as a target -

USS RACINE was the 13^th NEWPORT - class Tank Landing Ship. Decommissioned after more than 22 years of service on October 2, 1993, the RACINE was subsequently laid-up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor, HI., awaiting final disposal. On July 12, 2018, the RACINE was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2018.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: July 15, 1966
	Keel laid: December 13, 1969
	Launched: August 15, 1970
	Commissioned: July 9, 1971
	Decommissioned: October 2, 1993
	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 RACINE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS RACINE Cruise Books:

Cruise Book 1991

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USS RACINE SINKEX:

Live fire from aircraft, a submarine, and land assets participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sank the decommissioned ex-USS RACINE on July 12, 2018, in the Pacific Ocean. RACINE was struck by live fire from aircraft, a submarine, and land assets as part of a sinking exercise (SINKEX) involving units from Australia, Japan, and the United States. RACINE was sunk by aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192) at 8:45 p.m. in waters 15,000 feet deep, 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii.

The SINKEX featured live firing of surface-to-ship missiles by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from a launcher on the back of a Palletized Load System (PLS) by the US Army, fired from Barking Sands. This marked the first time the US Army and JGSDF have participated in a sinking exercise during RIMPAC as well as the first time a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft has participated in a SINKEX during RIMPAC.