Talbot County-class tank landing ship

	USS Talbot County (LST-1153)
Class overview
Name	Talbot County-class tank landing ship
Builders	Boston Navy Yard
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	LST(2)
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass-
Built	1945-1947
In commission	1946-1970
Completed	2
Cancelled	1
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Tank landing ship
Displacement	6,000 long tons (6,096 t)
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draft	14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsion	2 × 450 psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2 × Geared turbines (Westinghouse forward, General Electric aft);
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Troops	197
Complement	190
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns; 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns; 2 × single 20 mm AA guns;

The Talbot County class of tank landing ships was a two-ship class of ships of the United States Navy. They were the only steam-powered LSTs built.^[2]

Ships

^ "Tank Landing Ship LST-1153 Talbot County". navsource.org. 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ "LST-1153 Talbot County". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

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Preceded by: LST-542 class Followed by: Terrebonne Parish class
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