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USS DUVAL COUNTY

(LST-758)

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USS DUVAL COUNTY (LST-758 ) - a LST-542-class tank landing ship

In Commission 1944 to 1946

LST-758 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN 1944 Keel Date: 5 JUN 1944
at American Bridge Company Ambridge PA
JUL 1944 Launch Date: 25 JUL 1944
AUG 1944 Commissioned: 19 AUG 1944
FEB 1945 - MAR 1945 Iwo Jima Invasion
APR 1945 - APR 1945 Okinawa Invasion
NOV 1950 - DEC 1950 Commisioning
JAN 1953 - OCT 1953 Operation Little Switch
MAR 1961 - MAR 1961 Panama Canal
APR 1961 - APR 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
OCT 1962 - OCT 1962 Cuban Missle Blockade
APR 1965 - SEP 1965 Panama Canal
JUN 1966 - - - Shellback Initiation - 20 JUN 1966 - Pacific Ocean
DEC 1966 - DEC 1966 Guantanamo Bay
DEC 1966 - - - Shellback Initiation - 20 DEC 1966 - Atlantic Ocean
MAR 1967 - APR 1967 Dry Dock Beth Steel Baltimore next to Ft. McHenry
FEB 1968 - FEB 1968 1st time Duval Cty LST758 visit Jacksonville in Duval Cty Fla
OCT 1969 Decommissioned: 28 OCT 1969

LST-758 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: 8 feet

Final Disposition: Sold 18 August 1981



USS DUVAL COUNTY (LST-758)



LST-758 was laid down on 5 June 1944 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched on 25 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. F. D. Colburn; and commissioned on 19 August 1944.

During World War II, LST-758 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April through June 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-September 1945. LST-758 was decommissioned on 13 July 1946 and recommissioned on 3 November 1950 for service in the Korean War. She saw service in Korea until late July 1953. On 1 July 1955, the ship was redesignated Duval County (LST-758) after counties in Florida and Texas. Following the Korean War, she had extensive service with the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets through 1969. LST-758 was decommissioned on 28 October 1969.

LST-758 earned two battle stars for World War II service and four battle stars for the Korean War.

[Note: The above USS DUVAL COUNTY (LST-758) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS DUVAL COUNTY (LST-758), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]