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U.S.S. TRAVERSE COUNTY
(LST-1160)EVER GREATER GATOR FREIGHTER
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LST-1160 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a LST-1160 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1160 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | 1952 | - | Keel Date: 18 DEC 1952 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
| OCT | 1953 | - | Launch Date: 3 OCT 1953 | ||
| DEC | 1953 | - | Commissioned: 19 DEC 1953 | ||
| JAN | 1957 | - | OCT | 1958 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1962 | - | MAR | 1963 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1970 | - | JUN | 1970 | Panama Canal - Ecuador - Canal Zone Ops |
| APR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| APR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | Decommisioning |
LST-1160 General Specifications
Class: LST-1156 class landing ship tank
Named for: Traverse County in Minnesota
Complement: 16 Officers and 189 Enlisted
Displacement: 2590 tons
Length: 384 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Flank Speed: 14 knots
Final Disposition: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet 1973Leased to Peru 7 August 1984Sold to Peru 26 April 1999