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USS CHEBOYGAN COUNTY

(LST-533)

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LST-533 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-533 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-533 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP 1943 Keel Date: 29 SEP 1943
at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company Evansville IN
DEC 1943 Launch Date: 1 DEC 1943
JAN 1944 Commissioned: 27 JAN 1944
OCT 1962 - OCT 1962 Cuban Missle Blockade
NOV 1964 - - - Shellback Initiation - 24 NOV 1964 - Atlantic Ocean
APR 1967 - AUG 1967 Panama Canal

LST-533 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Named for: Cheboygan County

Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 1 December 1975