USS Fairfax County

For the vessel's post-United States Navy career with Australia, see HMAS Manoora (L 52).

History
United States
Namesake	Fairfax County, Virginia
Ordered	15 July 1966
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	28 March 1970
Launched	19 December 1970
Commissioned	16 October 1971
Decommissioned	17 August 1994
Stricken	17 August 1994
Fate	Sold to Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Manoona
Status	Scrapped
Australia
Name	HMAS Manoora (L 52)
Acquired	27 September 1994
Decommissioned	27 May 2011
Status	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Newport class tank landing ship
Displacement	5,190 long tons (5,273.3 t) (light), 8,792 long tons (8,933.1 t) (full)
Length	522 ft (159.1 m) overall, 500 ft (152.4 m). at the waterline.
Beam	70 ft (21.34 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.79 m)
Propulsion	6 diesel engines, 16,000 brake horsepower, two shafts, Twin Controllable Pitch Screws Bow Thruster - Single Screw, Controllable Pitch,
Speed	20+ knots (37+ km/h)
Troops	Marine detachment:360 plus 40 surge
Complement	14 officers, 210 enlisted
Armament	4 × 3 in (76 mm) (later replaced by 2 × 25mm chain gun)/50 caliber guns in two twin-barrel mounts 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mount.

USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) was a United States Navy Newport class tank landing ship.

Fairfax County (LST-1193) was named for a county of that name in Virginia. She was laid down on 28 March 1970 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; launched on 19 December 1970; sponsored by Mrs. James W. O'Grady; and commissioned on 16 October 1971, Comdr. John F. Neese in command.

Following commissioning, Fairfax County transited the Panama Canal to her new home port, Little Creek, Virginia, where she was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet. Into 1980, the tank landing ship alternated amphibious training operations along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean with regular, extended deployments to the Mediterranean.

Fate

Fairfax County was decommissioned and struck 17 August 1994. She was sold to the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Manoora (L 52) on 27 September 1994. The ship was decommissioned in May 2011 and in October 2013 arrived in New Orleans for scrapping by Southern Scrap Recycling.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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