N a v y Commissions Dock Landing Ship At Lockheed Shipbuilding

The Department of the Navy recently announced the commissioning of the dock landing ship Germantown (LSD-42) at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, Wash.

The principal speaker at t h e ceremony was Gen. Paul X. Kelley, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the ship's sponsor was Mrs.

Barbara Kelley.

Secretary of the Navy John Lehman announced the naming of the vessel in Philadelphia during the German- American Tricentennial celebration in October of last year. Germantown was the scene of a Revolutionary War battle.

Dock landing ships are traditionally named for historic sites. Germantown will be the second U.S. Navy ship to bear that name. The first was a 19th century sloop-of-war commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1846.

The Germantown is 609 feet long, 84 feet wide and has a displacement of 15,745 tons.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 12,  Apr 1986

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