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USS ESMERALDO COUNTY

(LST-761)

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LST-761 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN 1944 Keel Date: 18 JUN 1944
at American Bridge Company Ambridge PA
AUG 1944 Launch Date: 7 AUG 1944
SEP 1944 Commissioned: 2 SEP 1944
JUL 1946 Decommissioned: 16 JUL 1946

LST-761 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT

Final Disposition: Sunk as a target 1959