De Soto County-Class-LST
Advanced Post-War LST - De Soto County-class were advanced Cold War LSTs with air conditioning, 6 diesel engines, and 17.5-knot speed. 7 ships (8 planned, 1 cancelled). Last conventional beaching LST design.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 3560 t
- Displacement (full)
- 7823 t
- Length
- 446.2 ft
- Beam
- 62.3 ft
- Crew
- 184
- Ships built
- 7
- Commissioned
- 1957-1959
- Decommissioned
- 1972-1994
Performance
- Top speed
- 17.5 kn
- Range
- 6000 nm at 9 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 3× twin 3-inch/50 cal DP mounts
- Secondary guns
- Modern 1950s fire control systems
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 162.29
- Research cost
- 128,534
- Credit cost
- 113,603
Notable
- Air conditioning throughout ship as standard
- Largest pre-Newport LST class (445 ft, 7,823 tons)
- 17.5 knot speed (significant increase)
- 6 diesel engines with controllable pitch propellers
- Last conventional beaching LST before Newport