De Soto County-class tank landing ship

	USS Graham County
Class overview
Name	De Soto County class
Builders	Avondale Shipyard; Newport News Shipbuilding; American Ship Building Company; Boston Naval Shipyard;
Operators	United States Navy; Italian Navy; Brazilian Navy;
Preceded by	Terrebonne Parish class
Succeeded by	Newport class
Built	1956-1959
In commission	1958-1973
Planned	8
Completed	7
Cancelled	1
Retired	7
General characteristics
Type	Tank landing ship
Displacement	3,560 long tons (3,617 t) light; 7,823 long tons (7,949 t) full load;
Length	445 ft (136 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Propulsion	6 × Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines; 2 × shafts; Fixed pitch propellers;
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	3 × LCVPs; 1 × Captain's Gig;
Capacity	28 medium tanks or vehicles to 75 tons on 288 ft (88 m) tank deck; 100,000 gal (US) diesel or jet fuel, plus 7,000 gal fuel for embarked vehicles;
Troops	575 officers and enlisted men
Complement	10 officers and 162 enlisted men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal Mark 22 guns
Aviation facilities	Helipad

The De Soto County-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy and later sold to the Italian and Brazilian Navy.

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