Casa Grande-Class-LSD
First Purpose-Built LSDs - Casa Grande-class introduced innovative floodable well deck design for amphibious operations. 15 ships. Revolutionized amphibious warfare doctrine.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 4032 t
- Displacement (full)
- 7930 t
- Length
- 452.8 ft
- Beam
- 72.2 ft
- Crew
- 254
- Ships built
- 15
- Commissioned
- 1944-1946
- Decommissioned
- 1969-1974
Performance
- Top speed
- 15.6 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm at 15 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 1× 5-inch/38 cal dual purpose
- Secondary guns
- 12× 40mm AA, 16× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 71.8
- Research cost
- 25,274
- Credit cost
- 50,260
Notable
- First purpose-built dock landing ships with floodable well deck
- Established template for all future LSD designs
- Revolutionized amphibious warfare with protected internal launch