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USS CALHOUN COUNTY

(LST-519)

Slow But Sure

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LST-519 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP 1943 Keel Date: 17 SEP 1943
at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
JAN 1944 Launch Date: 25 JAN 1944
FEB 1944 Commissioned: 17 FEB 1944
JAN 1960 - DEC 1960 North Atlantic
NOV 1962 Decommissioned: 1 NOV 1962

LST-519 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Complement: 7 Officers and 204 Enlisted

Displacement: 1490 tons

Length: 327 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: 8 feet

Final Disposition: Sunk as target