Editing USS Point Defiance (section)

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|Ship image=  [[File:USS Point Defiance;10123111.jpg|300px|USS Point Defiance (LSD-31)]]
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1983}}
|Ship name=USS ''Point Defiance''
|Ship namesake=[[Point Defiance Park|Point Defiance]]
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|Ship awarded=28 February 1952
|Ship builder=[[Ingalls Shipbuilding]], [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]
|Ship laid down=23 November 1953
|Ship launched=28 September 1954
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|Ship commissioned= 31 March 1955
|Ship decommissioned= 30 September 1983
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|Ship struck=24 February 1992
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|Ship honors=10 [[campaign star]]s (Vietnam)
|Ship fate=Scrapped October 2011
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Thomaston|dock landing ship}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|8899|LT|t|0}} light
*{{convert|11525|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
|Ship length= {{convert|510|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|84|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|19|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=2 × steam [[turbine]]s, 2 shafts, {{convert|23000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed= {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}
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|Ship boats=21 × [[Landing Craft Mechanized|LCM-6]] landing craft in [[well deck]]
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|Ship troops=300
|Ship complement= 304
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|Ship armament=*4 × twin [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}]]/50 cal guns
*6 × twin [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] AA guns
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|Ship aircraft= One helicopter
|Ship aircraft facilities=[[Helipad|Helicopter landing area]] usually of wood construction; no hangar
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'''USS ''Point Defiance'' (LSD-31)''' was a {{sclass|Thomaston|dock landing ship}} of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Point Defiance Park#History|Point Defiance]], a location in [[Pierce County, Washington]], the site of a military reservation established by the U.S. Government in 1866. She was the second ship assigned that name. The construction of the first ship, {{sclass|Casa Grande|dock landing ship}} ''Point Defiance'' (LSD-23), was canceled on 17 August 1945.

''Point Defiance'' (LSD–31) was laid down on 23 November 1953 by [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] Corp., [[Pascagoula, Miss.]]; [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 28 September 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur D. Struble; and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 31 March 1955.