About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Soviet submarine K-219, USS Barnstable County, USS Bagley, HMCS Algonquin, HMS Sheffield, USS Archerfish, MS Scandinavian Star, USS Barbey, Black Watch, USCGC Munro, USS Mount Vernon, USS Harlan County, USS Wabash, USS William H. Bates, TS Royalist, USS Barbour County, MY Titanic, Odyssey, USS La Moure County, TCG Muavenet, USS Batfish, HMCS Huron, List of ship launches in 1971, USS Silversides, HMS Ariadne, Shabab Oman, USS California, USCGC Midgett, HMS Amazon, USS Kirk, Discovery II, Soviet submarine B-427, MS Royal Iris, USS Robert E. Peary, HMAS Balikpapan, USS Bristol County, USS Shasta, USNS Mount Baker, USS Cook, Solitaire, Soviet submarine M-256, USS Donald B. Beary, USCGC Jarvis, USS McCandless, HMAS Brunei, HMAS Labuan, DSRV-2 Avalon, MV Princess of Acadia, USS Accomac, USS Agawam, JDS Haruna, MS Bohus, Sundance, USS Waxahachie, USS Anoka, Brazilian submarine Humaita, USS Neodesha, USS Houma, Soviet submarine K-320, HMS Swiftsure, USS Poughkeepsie, Long Jie. Excerpt: USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) was named after Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was laid down on 19 December 1970 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 2 October 1971. Commander. Warren R. Ellsworth was in command Barnstable County was the nineteenth ship of the Newport class of amphibious ships. Between 27 May and 24 July, the tank landing ship completed fitting out, first at Long Beach and then at San Diego in July. On 24 July, she set sail from San Diego bound for her permanently assigned base of operations--Little Creek, Va. She transited the Panama Canal on 7 August and arrived in Little Creek on the 14th. On 6 September, the ship got underway for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whence she conducted shakedown training until returning to Little Creek on 21 October. Barnstable County complet...
