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U.S.S. FORT MARION
(LSD-22)NO BEACH BEYOND REACH.
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LSD-22 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 22 MAY 1945 | ||
| JAN | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 29 JAN 1946 | ||
| APR | 1955 | - | JUN | 1955 | Operation wigwam nuclear underwater test |
| MAY | 1958 | - | DEC | 1959 | Taiwan Straits communist shelling Taiwan Fort Marion was chose |
| JUN | 1958 | - | DEC | 1958 | WESPAC JUN58 TO DEC58 QUEMOY/MATSU |
| NOV | 1960 | - | JUL | 1961 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | Nuclear tests. Johnson Island |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1963 | Johnson Island 1963 |
| JAN | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | Johnson island |
| NOV | 1963 | - | AUG | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1964 | - | JUN | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1968 | - | JUL | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1969 | - | FEB | 1970 | Decommisioning |
LSD-22 General Specifications
Class: Casa Grande-class dock landing ship
Complement: 17 Officers and 237 Enlisted
Displacement: 7930 tons
Length: 457 feet 9 inches
Beam: 72 feet 2 inches
Draft: 8 feet 2 in
Range: 8 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Sold to the National Metal and Steel Company Terminal Isl
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