Ordered 15 July 1966 Commissioned 16 October 1971 Struck 17 August 1994 Launched 19 December 1970 | Laid down 28 March 1970 Decommissioned 17 August 1994 Construction started 28 March 1970 | |
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USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) was a United States Navy Newport class tank landing ship.
Fairfax County (LST-1193) was named for a county of that name in Virginia. She was laid down on 28 March 1970 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; launched on 19 December 1970; sponsored by Mrs. James W. O'Grady; and commissioned on 16 October 1971, Comdr. John F. Neese in command.
Following commissioning, Fairfax County transited the Panama Canal to her new home port, Little Creek, Virginia, where she was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet. Into 1980, the tank landing ship alternated amphibious training operations along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean with regular, extended deployments to the Mediterranean.
Fate
Fairfax County was decommissioned and struck 17 August 1994. She was sold to the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Manoora (L 52) on 27 September 1994. The ship was decommissioned in May 2011 and in October 2013 arrived in New Orleans for scrapping by Southern Scrap Recycling.
