USS Alamo (LSD-33)
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| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Alamo |
| Namesake: | the Alamo |
| Awarded: | 18 March 1954 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 11 October 1954 |
| Launched: | 20 January 1956 |
| Commissioned: | 24 August 1956 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 September 1990 |
| Struck: | 24 January 2001 |
| Fate: | Loaned to Brazil, 12 November 1990 |
| History | |
 Brazil
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| Name: | Rio de Janeiro (G31) |
| Acquired: | 12 November 1990 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 June 2012 |
| Status: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
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| Length: | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 shp (17 MW) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
21 × LCM-6 landing craft in well deck |
| Troops: | 300 |
| Complement: | 304 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 8 helicopters |
USS Alamo (LSD-33) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for the Alamo, site of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.
Alamo was laid down on 11 October 1954 at Pascagoula, Miss., by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 20 January 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery, the wife of Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery: and commissioned on 24 August 1956, Capt. James L. Semmes in command.
After commissioning, the ship briefly visited Galveston, Tex. then headed for NS Norfolk, Va., to complete her outfitting and initial loading. On 13 October, the dock landing ship sailed for the West Coast. After transiting the Panama Canal, she reached NS San Diego, Calif., her home port, and joined the Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. The ship held amphibious exercises and acceptance trials off San Diego in February 1957. Further training exercises occupied her until 29 May, when she got underway for the Marshall Islands. Alamo paused at Pearl Harbor from 6 to 8 June to load amphibious craft, then continued on to the Marshall Islands. She discharged the craft at Eniwetok on 14 June and for the next 10 days, provided shuttle service between Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls. Alamo put to sea from Bikini on 22 June and steamed by way of Pearl Harbor to San Diego where she loaded landing craft, tugs, and spare parts before sailing for Pearl Harbor on 23 July. There, on 6 August, she embarked Marines and their equipment and put to sea for participation in "Operation Tradewind", conducted in the area of Lahaina Roads, Maui. Alamo returned from this exercise on 15 August; then left Pearl Harbor four days later to return to San Diego.
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