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U.S.S. CAROLINE COUNTY

(LST-525)


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LST-525 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-525 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-525 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1943-Keel Date: 18 OCT 1943
at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Jeffersonville IN
DEC1943-Launch Date: 20 DEC 1943
FEB1944-Commissioned: 14 FEB 1944
SEP1954-Decommissioned: 15 SEP 1954
JAN1965-JAN1967Recommisioning
JAN1966-DEC1967West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1966-JAN1970Middle Pacific

LST-525 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Named for: Caroline County

Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted

Displacement: 1780 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping