US Navy · Dock Landing Ships
Pensacola IV LSD-38
(LSD 38: dp. 13,650; 1. 553'; b. 84'; dr. 21'; s. 20 + k.; cpl. 793; a. 8 3"; cl. Anchorage)
The fourth Pensacola was laid down 15 March 1969 by the General Dynamies Corp., Quiney, Mass.; launched 11 July 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Bernard M. Strean; and is scheduled to commission early in 1971.
As the third of a new class of doek landing ships, she is designed to replace earlier LSD's that cannot meet modern speed requirements.
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