U.S.S. SCHENECTADY [LST 1185]

USS Schenectady met an ignominious end, off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US Air Force B-52's dropped guided bombs on the decommissioned LST, one of which completely destroyed the ship. The seventh ship in the Newport class of Tank Landing Ships, the USS Schenectady served as a target of a recently developed air-to-surface/moving target guided bomb. News footage shows a single hit completely destroying ship. The final resting place of the Schenectady will prove to be a productive artificial reef where none existed before. As a diver on artificial reefs, I will long remember the names and histories of the ships I dove upon more than those who met their fate at the end of a welder's torch. The Schenectady was a great lady in her time. Hopefully, much was learned during her final service as a target. Shipmates probably feel she deserved a kinder fate but her service was honorable.

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	A Seed Sprouts - a response from school children		Liberty - port visits
	Design and Construction Stage - keel laying		Liberty - a girl in every port
	Commissioning and Plank Owners		The Crew Album - 30+ years later
	The Ship - a portrait		Operation Resultant Fury-the end
	The Ship Album - specs and stuff		Epilogue and Movies
	The Ship - through the eyes of the crew		Reunion-2008 - Myrtle Beach, SC
	The Commanding Officers Album		Reunion 2011 (Snipe mini-reunion-Sidney, Ohio)
	The Ship's Officers Album		Reunion-2012- Orlando, Florida
	The Crew Album - cruise book photos 1971-72		Reunion-2015- Caribbean Cruise
	The Crew Album - cruise book photos 1975-76		Memoriam
	WestPac Cruise-1977		Origin of the USS Schenectady Web Site
	The Crew Album - through the eyes of the crew		Fate of other Newport-class LSTs

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