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LST 1156 (Landing Ship Tank) Terrebonne Parish brass modelEntry/Object ID
M2016.005.001Description
One brass LST (Landing Ship Tank) model: LST 1156.
Laid down, 2 January 1952, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME;
Launched, 9 August 1952
Commissioned USS LST-1156, 21 November 1952, Lt. Comdr. Henry L. Porter in command
Named USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156), 1 July 1955
Decommissioned, 29 October 1971
Transferred to Spain, 29 October 1971, renamed Velasco (L 11)
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1976
Final Disposition, Velasco was decommissioned by the Spanish Navy and used as a training hulk for UOE ("Unidad de Operaciones Especiales", Special Operations Unit) at La Carraca, Cádiz, ultimately she was scrapped, circa 1994Collection
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