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U.S.S. BRADLEY COUNTY

(LST-400)

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LST-400 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1941-SEP1941Mediterranean
SEP1942-Keel Date: 28 SEP 1942
at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA
NOV1942-Launch Date: 23 NOV 1942
JAN1943-Commissioned: 7 JAN 1943
JUN1944-JUN1944D day Omaha beach 2nd wave
JUN1944-JAN1945WW2 D-Day Normandy Invasion
OCT1951-NOV1951Caribbean
JUN1952-SEP1952Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
SEP1952-OCT1952Goose Bay Labrador - Troop Re-Deployment

LST-400 General Specifications

Class: LST-1-class tank landing ship

Complement: 9 Officers and 104-120 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT

Final Disposition: Transferred to Republic of China September 1958