USS Point Defiance (LSD-31)
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| The first ship of the Fleet to bear the name of the famous landmark in Tacoma, Washington. Built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. at Pascagoula, Miss. and commissioned on 31 March 1955. The U.S.S. Point Defiance is a landing ship dock with the primary mission of transporting combat loaded boats, craft, vehicles, tanks and helicopters for landing in early assault waves on enemy beachheads. |
