Chung Ho-class [Newport] Landing Ship Tank
Decommisioned 30 June 1993, LST-1180 Manitowoc was leased to Taiwan on 10 July 1996, renamed Chung Ho (232), and commissioned into Taiwan's Navy on 08 May 1997. Similarly, LST-1181 Sumter was renamed Chung Ping. In 1998 the United States agreed to sell the two Newport class LSTs which were previously leased to Taiwan. The Newport-class of tank landing ships replaced the the traditional bow door design LST with two derrick arms which support a thirty-ton, 112-foot bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other vehicles ashore. Amphibious vehicles can be launched from the tank deck via the ship's stern gate, and the ship's flight deck can accommodate most Navy helicopter types.
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