Dock Landing Ship
LSD 38 - USS Pensacola
USS Pensacola (LSD 38)			US Navy photo
Type, Class:		Dock Landing Ship; Anchorage - class;
Builder:		General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
STATUS:		Laid down: March 12, 1969 Launched: July 11, 1970 Commissioned: March 27, 1971 Decommissioned: September 30, 1999 (ceremonial date: September 22, 1999) Struck from the Naval Register - September 30. 1999. Final Disposition: transferred / sold to the Republic of China - September 30, 1999. Commissioned into the Republic of China Navy as Hsu-Hai (LSD-193) in June 2000. Current Status: active unit in the Republic of China Navy.
Homeport:		-
Namesake:		> see history, below;
Ship's Motto:		-
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO > Dock Landing Ship / Anchorage - class
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Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval Historical Center
Namesake & History:
USS Pensacola (LSD 38):
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