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USS CAROLINE COUNTY

(LST-525)

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LST-525 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT 1943 Keel Date: 18 OCT 1943
at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Jeffersonville IN
DEC 1943 Launch Date: 20 DEC 1943
FEB 1944 Commissioned: 14 FEB 1944
SEP 1954 Decommissioned: 15 SEP 1954
JAN 1966 - DEC 1967 West Pac-Viet Nam

LST-525 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Named for: Caroline County

Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted

Displacement: 1780 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping