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U.S.S. CHEBOYGAN COUNTY

(LST-533)

YOU CALL WE HAUL
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LST-533 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1943-Keel Date: 29 SEP 1943
at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company Evansville IN
DEC1943-Launch Date: 1 DEC 1943
JAN1944-Commissioned: 27 JAN 1944
JUN1944-JUL1944D Day landing Normandy
MAR1951-MAR1951Guantanamo Bay
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
OCT1963-APR1964Panama Canal
NOV1964- Shellback Initiation - 28 NOV 1964 - Atlantic Ocean
NOV1964-NOV1964Shellback Ini
NOV1964- Shellback Initiation - 24 NOV 1964 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1964-Shellback Initiation - 24 NOV 1964 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1966-JAN1967Panama Canal
JAN1967-JAN1968Panama Canal
APR1967-AUG1967Panama Canal
JAN1968-JAN1969Panama Canal
MAR1968-APR1968Panama Canal
JAN1969-JAN1970Panama Canal
JAN1974-APR1975West Pac-Viet Nam

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