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USS CHASE COUNTY

(LST-532)

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LST-532 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP 1943 Keel Date: 24 SEP 1943
at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company Evansville IN
NOV 1943 Launch Date: 28 NOV 1943
JAN 1944 Commissioned: 20 JAN 1944
JUN 1955 Decommissioned: 8 JUN 1955
FEB 1966 - APR 1967 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1966 - JUL 1966 West Pac-Viet Nam
APR 1967 - JUN 1973 West Pac
JUN 1973 - JUN 1973 Decommisioning

LST-532 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Named for: Chase County

Complement: 16 Officers and 147 Enlisted

Displacement: 1780 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to Singapore 1973