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USS IREDELL COUNTY
(LST-839)Go Get em Gators
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LST-839 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| SEP | 1944 | Keel Date: 25 SEP 1944 at American Bridge Company Ambridge PA |
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| NOV | 1944 | Launch Date: 12 NOV 1944 | |||
| DEC | 1944 | Commissioned: 6 DEC 1944 | |||
| MAY | 1969 | - | MAY | 1971 | West Pac |
LST-839 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Named for: Iredell County
Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Flank Speed: 12 knots
Final Disposition: Loaned to Indonesia July 1970Sold outright February 1979








