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USS CHURCHILL COUNTY

(LST-583)

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LST-583 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-583 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-583 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY 1944 Keel Date: 18 MAY 1944
at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company Evansville IN
JUL 1944 Launch Date: 5 JUL 1944
AUG 1944 Commissioned: 2 AUG 1944
APR 1965 Shellback Initiation - 14 APR 1965 - Pacific Ocean
APR 1965 - - - Shellback Initiation - 1 APR 1965 - Pacific Ocean
MAY 1966 - AUG 1966 Caribbean
JUN 1966 - AUG 1966 Caribbean

LST-583 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Named for: Churchill County

Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Sold 1 August 1975