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USS Saginaw

1970 Newport-class tank landing ship
Vehicle tank_landing_ship Q7873738
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Summary

USS Saginaw is a tank landing ship[1]. It draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (tank landing ship category, ranking #23 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: United States Navy[3]
  • Named after: Saginaw River[4]
  • Manufacturer: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company[5]
  • Vessel class: Newport-class tank landing ship[6]
  • Commons category: USS Saginaw (LST-1188)[7]
  • Said to be the same as: HMAS Kanimbla[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Significant event: ship launching[10], keel laying[11], ship commissioning[12], ship decommissioning[13]
  • Different from: USS Saginaw[14]
  • Name: USS Saginaw[15]
  • Country of registry: United States[16]

Why It Matters

USS Saginaw is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_uss-saginaw-q7873738_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{USS Saginaw}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/uss-saginaw-q7873738}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vessel class → Newport-class tank landing ship
    Country of origin → United States
    Instance of → tank landing ship
    Commons category → USS Saginaw (LST-1188)
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Country of origin: United States, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274403|batch #274403]]"
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