Photos by Fred Hoffmann James River Reseve Fleet
US DOT MARAD
ex-USS Donner LSD 20

Her Last Voyage November 2004
Donner at last berth US DOT MARAD
James River Reserve Fleet, Ft Eustis VA
Donner Underway & In Port
NASA MR2 Recovery "HAM" & SoLantAmity III Africa 1961
GitMO 1945

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Her Last Voyage to All Star Metals Salvage Shipyard, Brownsville, TX
USS Donner LSD-20

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





 
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) -
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Congo, 1-Dominican Republic)

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Cabildo Class Dock Landing Ship:
Launched, 6 April 1945, at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA.
Commissioned USS Donner (LSD-20), 31 July 1945
Decommissioned, 12 August 1949
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Recommissioned, 15 September 1950
Decommissioned  23 December 1970
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1976
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
Final Disposition to be scrapped at All Star Metals Brownsville, TX 27 November 2004
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Specifications:
Displacement 4,490 t.(lt), 9,375 t.(fl)
Length 457' 9"
Beam 72' 2"
Draft 18'
Speed 15 kts.
Complement 326
Boats (Well Deck Capacity) 18 LCMs
Aircraft 9 helicopters on added flight deck
Armament one 5"/38 DP gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two quad 40mm gun mounts, 16 single 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion two geared turbines, 2 shafts, 7,400 SHP
USS Donner LSD 20 Specifications
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
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