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USS Donner

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2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Steam turbine Engines, 2 propeller shafts – each shaft 3,700 hp, at 240 rpm total shaft horse power 7,400, 2 11 ft 9 in diameter, 9 ft 9 in pitch
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between 5 March and 6 July 1951. Operating from Norfolk she took part in training exercises in the Caribbean and made several cruises to the waters off
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for replenishment and cold weather operations. From 17 July to 7 October 1956, she made two voyages from Norfolk to resupply the
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for Admiral Allan L. Reed, commander of the South Atlantic fleet, during Solant Amity III, a good-will tour to
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and similar duty. She returned to Norfolk on 24 December for duty along the coast and on voyages to
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s commander, CDR Ralph A. Brackett, after his 16-minute 39-seconds suborbital flight.
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appeared to be in good condition and readily accepted an apple and half an orange.
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for overhaul and modernization which continued through December 1960.
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on 12 June 1957, then sailed for the Mediterranean on 28 August for
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Casa Grande-class dock landing ships of the United States Navy
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and lowered to the deck. When the spacecraft was opened the
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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was decommissioned on 23 December 1970, and struck from the
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By 1959, there were only 2 twin mount and 2 quadmount 40mm's
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Recommissioned 15 September 1950 after the outbreak of the
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Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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prepared for deployment to the Mediterranean during the
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was placed out of commission in reserve 12 August 1949.
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List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
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USS Donner Memorial Association. 2007 697: 620:From 17 September to 19 December 1961, 187:  16 ft 2 in (4.9 m) aft (loaded) 181:  10 ft ½ in (3.1 m) aft (light); 17: 727: 725: 723: 178:    8 ft 2½ in (2.5 m) fwd, 41: 7: 872:Priolo, Gary P. (21 December 2007). 14: 800:. USS Donner Memorial Association 1399: 1340: 1307: 1274: 1229: 1106: 959: 675: 43: 21: 820:"Solant Amities II, III and IV" 256:  each w/ 12 medium tanks 184:  15 ft 5½ in (4.7 m) fwd, 652:National Defense Reserve Fleet 1: 765:"1959: Operation Inland Seas" 160:457 ft 9 in (139.5 m) overall 1530:Space capsule recovery ships 564:through the newly dedicated 320:17 officers, 237 men (ship); 269:  each w/ 1 medium tank 31:underway circa the mid-1950s 552:During the summer of 1959, 223:(15,000 km at 28 km/h) 1546: 902:Memorial Association, Inc" 656:James River, Reserve Fleet 523:International Naval Review 168:  72 ft 2 in (22.0 m) 1474: 1448: 1434: 1216: 951:-class dock landing ships 381:on an added portable deck 136: 36: 20: 882:Amphibious Photo Archive 595:On 31 January 1961, the 377:modified to accommodate 150:4,032 tons (light draft) 858:Naval Historical Center 437:on 6 April 1945 by the 360:2 × 40 mm twin AA guns; 137:General characteristics 1237:Republic of China Navy 592: 570:Norfolk Naval Shipyard 253:2 × LCT (Mk III or IV) 1510:Ships built in Boston 738:Naval Vessel Register 648:Naval Vessel Register 583: 566:Saint Lawrence Seaway 558:Operation Inland Seas 533:landing exercises in 521:participated in the 323:6 officers, 30 men ( 310:22 officers, 218 men 230:Boats & landing 147:7,930 tons (loaded), 967:United States Navy 884:. 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Solantamity.com 745:. 28 January 2005 733:"DONNER (LSD 20)" 445:on 31 July 1945. 410:dock landing ship 393: 392: 244:  each w/ 5 1537: 1405: 1403: 1402: 1346: 1344: 1343: 1313: 1311: 1310: 1280: 1278: 1277: 1235: 1233: 1232: 1218: 1112: 1110: 1109: 965: 963: 962: 941: 934: 927: 918: 913: 911: 909: 893: 891: 889: 868: 866: 864: 832: 831: 829: 827: 816: 810: 809: 807: 805: 790: 781: 780: 778: 776: 761: 755: 754: 752: 750: 729: 718: 717: 715: 713: 702: 679: 678: 439:Boston Navy Yard 416:, named for the 374:Aircraft carried 272:  or 1,500 113:23 December 1970 51: 48: 47: 46: 25: 18: 1545: 1544: 1540: 1539: 1538: 1536: 1535: 1534: 1495: 1494: 1493: 1488: 1470: 1444: 1426: 1400: 1398: 1393: 1341: 1339: 1334: 1308: 1306: 1301: 1275: 1273: 1268: 1230: 1228: 1223: 1222:Other operators 1212: 1107: 1105: 1100: 960: 958: 953: 945: 907: 905: 896: 887: 885: 871: 862: 860: 844: 841: 836: 835: 825: 823: 818: 817: 813: 803: 801: 792: 791: 784: 774: 772: 763: 762: 758: 748: 746: 731: 730: 721: 711: 709: 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Index

USS Donner underway circa the mid-1950s
Donner Pass
Brownsville, TX
nmi.
LCT
medium tanks
LCM
long tons
DUKW
LVT
landing craft
5 in / 38 cal.
DP
40 mm
AA
20 mm
helicopters
Casa Grande-class
dock landing ship
United States Navy
Sierra Nevada
Donner Pass
Donner Party
launched
Boston Navy Yard
commissioned
landing craft
Norfolk
New York
Mediterranean

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