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USS Thomaston LSD-28 | Landing Ship Dock Class Ships
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The Landing Ship Dock by Eugene E. Bracken. Landing Ship Dock Class. Landing Ship Dock History. Historic Events of 1975. Operations Frequent Wind and Eagle Pull. Phu Quoc Evacuation Ship Communications. Report on Operations (1976). Photo Collections and more. Thomaston Films on Vimeo. Thomaston Films on YouTube. Landing Ship Dock Websites. Click for a larger view. Landing Ship Dock Class of Ships. Name used again for LSD-48. Name used again for LSD-50. Name used again for LSD-44. Same name as LSD-45.
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Excerpts from publication Hell on the Beach. Landing Craft at War. The keel for the first LSD was laid on 22 June 1942, launched 21 December 1942 with Mrs. Jabez Lowell chosen to observe the tradition of smashing the bottle of champagne against the hull of the USS Ashland. As the first ship of a new type, to say that her strange lines brought many curious stares would be an understatement. She looked like something that had gotten away from her builder too soon. What made the Ashland. And seven sisters b...