USS White Marsh (LSD-8)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS White Marsh (LSD-8) |
| Laid down: | 7 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 19 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 29 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | September 1956 |
| In service: | September 1956 |
| Out of service: | November 1960 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Republic of China, November 1960 |
| Struck: | 15 April 1976 |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | ROCS Chung Cheng (LSD-191) |
| Acquired: | November 1960 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ashland-class dock landing ship |
| Displacement: | 7,930 tons (loaded), 4,032 tons (light draft) |
| Length: | 457 ft 9 in (139.5 m) overall |
| Beam: | 72 ft 2 in (22.0 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 2½ in (2.5 m) fwd, 10 ft ½ in (3.1 m) aft (light); 15 ft 5½ in (4.7 m) fwd, 16 ft 2 in (4.9 m) aft (loaded) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 2 Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam 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 propellers |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi. at 15 knots (15,000 km at 28 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
3 × LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or 2 × LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or 14 × LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1,500 long tons cargo or 47 × DUKW or 41 × LVT or Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity |
| Capacity: | 22 officers, 218 men |
| Complement: | 17 officers, 237 men (ship); 6 officers, 30 men (landing craft) |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5 in / 38 cal. DP gun; • 2 × 40 mm quad AA guns; • 2 × 40 mm twin AA guns; • 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
| Aircraft carried: | modified to accommodate helicopters on an added portable deck |
USS White Marsh (LSD-8) was an Ashland-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of White Marsh, the birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed (1851–1902), in Gloucester County, Virginia.
White Marsh was laid down on 7 April 1943 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Company; launched on 19 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. William C. Wise, the wife of Col. Wise, USMC; and commissioned on 29 January 1944, Commander George H. Eppelman, USNR, in command.
Read more about USS White Marsh (LSD-8): World War II, 1950–1960, ROCS Chung Cheng (LSD-191)
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