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and pallet transporters sped the maneuvering of cargo in the holds and enabled delivery to various debarkation stations via the main deck passageways, which ran the length of the ship. The arrangement and quantity of booms and cargo elevators made it possible to simultaneously embark/debark vehicles
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Vehicles in upper stowage spaces could be embarked/debarked through the hatches with cargo booms, while pallets were embarked/debarked in lower stowage spaces by elevators. The main deck hatch of hold 2 was unobstructed and could be opened for embarking/debarking of vehicles without the delay of
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capacity resulted in all four being returned to the active fleet in 1982. They were among the first Navy ships to have a fully automated main propulsion plant (600-pound pressure with superheat, known as a "Super Six."). The lead ship of the class,
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in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The need for additional
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516:50 Jahre Amphibische Schiffe der U.S. Navy.
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549:"Amphibious Cargo Ship LKA-113 Charleston"
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591:"Amphibious Cargo Ship LKA-116 St. Louis"
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809:Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships
605:"Amphibious Cargo Ship LKA-117 El Paso"
268:for possible activation in the future.
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577:"Amphibious Cargo Ship LKA-115 Mobile"
563:"Amphibious Cargo Ship LKA-114 Durham"
18:Charleston class amphibious cargo ship
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317:or main deck via elevator number 5.
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116:~18,500 tons (full load)
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514:Stefan Terzibaschitsch
158:20 knots (37 km/h)
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93:General characteristics
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102:Amphibious cargo ship
215:in service with the
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309:and cargo.
241:Vietnam War
720:Charleston
706:Charleston
502:References
379:Charleston
337:Charleston
302:helicopter
286:Charleston
266:mothballed
255:Charleston
207:Charleston
176:Complement
147:Propulsion
38:Charleston
741:St. Louis
623:Andromeda
476:USS
453:St. Louis
451:USS
426:USS
401:USS
377:USS
330:USS
306:forklifts
298:elevators
261:St. Louis
187:4 × twin
168:Up to 18
77:Completed
803:Category
634:Arcturus
616:See also
359:Launched
184:Armament
51:Builders
748:El Paso
656:Tolland
645:Artemis
478:El Paso
345:El Paso
332:Boulder
288:-class.
282:El Paso
249:sealift
235:Service
85:Laid up
765:Tulare
734:Mobile
727:Durham
658:-class
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403:Durham
341:Mobile
272:Design
123:Length
775:class
321:Ships
155:Speed
139:Draft
61:Built
763:USS
533:ISBN
371:Ref
368:Fate
356:Ship
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204:The
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