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SPIEGEL GROVE (LSD 32)

DOCK LANDING SHIP

UIC:03132
Class:LSD 28 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration Homeport:
Date status changed:02/04/1994 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: INGALLS SB CORP/MS
Delivery Date:06/08/1956
Award Date:03/18/1954 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):37.7 years
Keel Date:09/07/1954 Commission Date:06/08/1956
Launch Date:11/10/1955 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)38.3 years Decommission Date:10/02/1989
Years from Commission to Decommission: 33.3
Stricken Date: 12/13/1989

Overall Length: 510 ft Waterline Length:500 ft
Extreme Beam:84 ft Waterline Beam:82 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft:19 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement: Full Displacement:
Dead Weight:
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers:
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: Enlisted:

Remarks: MARAD TITLE TRANSFERRED SPIEGEL GROVE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE CO
NSERVATION COMMISSION, LARGO, FL ON 6/13/2001. ON 5/17/2002, THE SHIP WAS SUNK
PREMATURELY ENDING UP UPSIDE DOWN ON THE SEA BOTTOM LEAVING HER BOW PROTRUDING S
LIGHTLY OUT OF THE OCEAN. EVENTUALLY, SHE WAS SENT TO HER WATERY GRAVE LAYING ON
HER STARBOARD SIDE. SHE LAYS SIX MILES OFF THE FLORIDA KEYS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY. 7/12/05 STORM FLIPPED HER UPRIGHT.



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