Talk:USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187)

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From late 1973 to early 1974 she had Marine units aboard (parts of BLT 3/4, an infantry company an Amtrac platoon, and a Combat Engineer platoon) The reason that she operated out of Subic was emergency repairs, having lost the bow doors in a typhoon. I was there. I am attempting to get exact dates to do an update.Jtmilesmmr (talk) 19:35, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Korashime (talk) 19:16, 22 October 2012 (UTC) The armament section lists the CIWS system as having replaced the 3/50 turrets, but this never occured to the Tuscaloosa.

The turrets were removed in late 1992 but were never replaced, and no other weapons systems were installed.

I was on the Tuscaloosa in the summer of 1988. It picked us up at Kin Red in Okinawa, we spent a day outrunning a typhoon, sailed to Subic Bay. We were in Subic Bay for a month, I know I stood guard duty at the Lower MEF on the 4th of July. We then departed for Hong Kong. We spent a week in Hong Kong tied up at HMS Taramac. Afterward we returned to Okinawa. So in the summer of 1988, the Tuscaloosa was still sailing around the mid Pacific supporting training ops with the Marines. I think we were part of the annual Col. Usher training exercise.

Doors and Speed
The Article currently reads:

"...However, the traditional bow door form for LSTs would not be capable. Therefore,..."

I suspect that the door change was due the old style doors not being able to withstand the pressures of the newly increased speeds, however the Article doesn't say that and leaves the Reader hanging and wondering about the specific reason(s) why the door design change was necessary. 72.181.112.54 (talk) 19:10, 18 July 2023 (UTC)