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USS ATCHISON COUNTY

(LST-60)

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LST-60 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV 1943 Keel Date: 14 NOV 1943
at Dravo Corporation Neville Island Pittsburgh PA
DEC 1943 Launch Date: 24 DEC 1943
FEB 1944 Commissioned: 7 FEB 1944
JUN 1946 Decommissioned: 27 JUN 1946

LST-60 General Specifications

Class: LST-1-class tank landing ship

Named for: Atchison County KS

Complement: 9 Officers and 104-120 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Unknown