USS Catskill (LSV-1)
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USS Catskill was a vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. The lead ship of her class, she was named for the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York State.
USS Catskill on 30 March 1945
Catskill off Vietnam, in 1969.
Ship Characteristics Board
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The Ship Characteristics Board was a unit of the United States Navy.
USS Catskill (LSV-1)
…where she was placed out of commission in reserve 30 August 1946. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group, Catskill was reclassified under SCB 123 as mine countermeasures support ship MCS-1 on 18 October 1956. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 July 1961, she was reinstated 1 June 1964…
Project SCB 1 result: the USS Norfolk (CLK-1/DL-1)
Thresher, the first result of project SCB 188, at sea on 24 July 1961