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USS CAPE MAY COUNTY

(LST-521)

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LST-521 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT 1943 Keel Date: 4 OCT 1943
at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
DEC 1943 Launch Date: 13 DEC 1943
JAN 1944 Commissioned: 3 JAN 1944
OCT 1945 Decommissioned: 21 OCT 1945

LST-521 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Named for: Cape May County

Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots