NEWPORT CLASS LSTs
WHAT BECAME OF THEM?
Navies receiving Newport Class LSTs to date include Australia (2), Brazil (1), Chile (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Spain (2, 1 still in service), and Taiwan (2). Another 3 were sunk as targets during training exercises, and 2 remain in the inactive reserve.
SHIP STRUCK FROM
NAVY LISTULTIMATE
FATEDATE OF
FINAL SERVICELST-1179
Newport13 July 2001 Transferred to Mexico, 23 May 2001; renamed ARM Sonora (A-4) In active service LST-1180
Manitowoc29 September 2000 Sold to Taiwan, 29 September 2000, renamed ROCS Chung Ho (LST-232) In active service LST-1181
Sumter30 September 1993 Sold to Taiwan, 29 September 2000, renamed ROCS Chung Ping (LST-233) In active service LST-1182
Fresno1 December 2008 Sold to the Peruvian Navy, 2009. In active service LST-1183
Peoria6 November 2002 Sunk as a target, 12 July 2004, during RIMPAC 2004 Sunk as a target sunk, 12 July 2004, during RIMPAC 2004 LST-1183
Peoria6 November 2002 Sold to Mexico, 22 November 2002, renamed ARM Usumacinta (A-412) In active service LST-1184
Frederick30 November 1996 Sold to Brazil 19 September 2000, renamed Mattoso Maia (G-28) In active service LST-1185
Schenectady13 July 2001 Sunk as a target by B-52's, B-1's, F-15's along with FA-18's during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004 Sunk as a target, 22 November 2004 LST-1186
Cayuga30 November 1996 Sold to Brazil 19 September 2000, renamed Mattoso Maia (G-28) In active service LST-1187
Tuscaloosa1 December 2008 Disposed of as a target during a Sinkex off Hawaii Sunk as a target, 14 July 2014 LST-1188
Saginaw24 August 1994 Sold to Australia, 27 September 1994, renamed HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) Scrapped in USA, 2014 LST-1189
San Bernardino30 September 1995 Transferred to Chile under the Security Assistance Program, 23 June 1999, renamed Valdivia (L-93) Decommissioned on 14 January 2011, sold for scrapping in Sierra Leone LST-1190
Boulder1 December 2008 Awaiting disposal LST-1191
Racine1 December 2009 Sold to the Peruvian Navy, 2009. In active service LST-1192
Spartanburg County16 December 1994 Sold to Malaysia for $18.7 million, under the Security Assistance Program, renamed RMN KD Sri Inderapura(L-1505) After a fire that destroyed the ship, it was officially decommissioned from the Royal Malaysian Navy on 21 January 2010. LST-1193
Fairfax County17 August 1994 Sold to Australia under the Security Assistance Program, 27 September 1994, renamed HMAS Manoora (LPA-52) Decommissioned by the Royal Australian Navy, 26 May 2011; Final disposition, fate unknown LST-1194
La Moure County17 November 2000 Damaged beyond economical repair, 12 September 2000 due to grounding at Caleta Cifuncho Bay, Chile Sunk as a target, 10 July 2001. As part of the annual UNITAS exercise she was towed offshore and expended as a target by gun fire, surface to surface missiles and finally finished off with submarine-launched torpedoes. LST-1195
Barbour County31 July 2001 Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, 30 March 1992, maintenance category C at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Pearl Harbor, HI. Sunk as a target 6 April 2004, sunk by AGM-65 and AGM-84 damage at location: 022° 57' 20.0" North, 160° 05' 01.5" West Depth: 2560 fathoms LST-1196
Harlan County14 April 1995 Transferred (loaned) to Spain, renamed Pizarro (L-42), and commissioned into the Spanish Navy, 14 April 1995; sold outright to Spain, 27 April 2000. Decommissioned by the Spanish Navy, 14 December 2012 LST-1197
Barnstable County29 June 1994 Sold to Spain, 22 August 1994, Renamed Hernán Cortés (L 41), and commissioned by the Spanish Navy, 26 August 1994. Decommissioned by the Spanish Navy,13 November 2009. LST-1198
Bristol County29 July 1994 Transferred, cash sale, 16 August 1994, to Morocco renamed BDC Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (BSL-407) In active service
