USS Cabildo (LSD-16)
Cabildo, early 1950s, before addition of flight deck
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| Name: | USS Cabildo |
| Awarded: | 1 July 1943 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down: | 24 July 1944 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1970 |
| Struck: | 15 October 1976 |
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| Fate: | Sunk as a target, September 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Casa Grande-class dock landing ship |
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| Length: | 457 ft 9 in (139.52 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
3 LCTs in 392 ft (119 m) × 44 ft (13 m) Well deck |
| Troops: | Accommodation for 240 combat troops |
| Complement: | 326 |
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| Aviation facilities: | 1 helicopter landing pad |
USS Cabildo (LSD-16) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for The Cabildo in New Orleans, the old town hall and now a historical museum, where the formal transfer of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States took place.
Cabildo was laid down on 24 July 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched on 22 December 1944, sponsored by Miss A. B. Pendleton; and commissioned on 15 March 1945, Commander E. B. Holdorff, USNR, in command.
Cabildo sailed from New York City on 6 May 1945 for Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on 8 June. She carried out her duties of docking and repairing small craft, transporting amphibious craft, and operating boat-pools at Guam and Okinawa in July. After carrying boats to the Philippines in August, Cabildo reported in Wakanoura Wan, Honshū, on 11 September. Here she loaded Javanese, Dutch, and Australians, rescued from Japanese prison camps, who she carried to Okinawa. Laden with men of the Army Engineers, she arrived at Manila on 3 October, then sailed for Japan, where she acted as receiving and repair ship at Sasebo and Yokosuka until 19 April 1946. Cabildo returned to the west coast on 12 May 1946, and was decommissioned on 15 January 1947.
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