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U.S.S. KANE COUNTY

(LST-853)


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LST-853 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR1943-DEC1945West Pac
AUG1944-Keel Date: 30 AUG 1944
NOV1944-Launch Date: 17 NOV 1944
DEC1944-Commissioned: 11 DEC 1944
JUL1946-Decommissioned: 24 JUL 1946

LST-853 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class LST

Complement: 7 Officers and 204 Enlisted

Displacement: 1490 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: 8 feet

Final Disposition: Transferred to South Korea 4 December 1973