BLACK SEA - HISTORY OF VISITS 
January 1993. The Black Sea. Photo from the archives of А. Andreev.
Class, [Type]: Newport, [LST].
Builder: National Steel, San Diego, U.S.A.
Launch date: 13 February 1971.
Commission date: 18 December 1971.
Decommission date: 17 November 2000.
Displacement ( tons ): 8450 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 159 x 21 x 5,3.
Main machinery: 6 x ALCO diesels ( 16500 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 20.
Complement: 196 ( 12 officers ).
Guns: 1 x 6 GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm; 2 x 1 25mm Mk38 Bushmaster, 4 x 1 12,7mm Browning.
Boats: 2 x LCPL.
Marines: 286.
Radars: Surface: AN/SPS-10; Navigation: AN/SPS-64.
Countermeasures: AN/SLQ-32.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 1993
