USS Portland (LSD-37)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Portland.

Portland stands out of the harbor at the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia, 2003
History
United States
NamePortland
Namesake
Ordered25 February 1966
Laid down5 May 1968
Launched20 December 1969
Commissioned3 October 1970
Decommissioned4 August 2003
Stricken8 March 2004
Nickname(s)Sweet Pea
FateSunk as a target, 25 April 2004
General characteristics
Displacement14,181 long tons (14,409 t)
Length553 ft (169 m)
Beam84 ft (26 m)
Draft20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 turbines; two 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers
Speed22 knots
Complement26 officers and 396 enlisted
Armament
  • 8 × 3 in guns,
  • 2 CIWS
  • 4 × .50 calibre guns

The second USS Portland was a US Navy Anchorage class dock landing ship built at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in 1970.[1] Portland was decommissioned in 2003 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 2004. It was sunk as a target during an exercise off the Virginia coast later that year.

Citations

  1. ^ Friedman, pp. 619–620

Bibliography

  • Friedman, Norman (1995). "United Kingdom". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 544–634. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
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