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U.S.S. LST-532

(LST-532)

FLATBOTTOM DREAM

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LST-532 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1943-Keel Date: 24 SEP 1943
at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company Evansville IN
NOV1943-Launch Date: 28 NOV 1943
JAN1944-Commissioned: 20 JAN 1944
JUN1955-Decommissioned: 8 JUN 1955
FEB1965-FEB1965Panama Canal
MAR1965-APR1965Caribbean
FEB1966-APR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1966-JUL1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1966-DEC1967West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1966-APR1967West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1967-JUN1973West Pac
JUN1973-JUN1973Decommisioning

LST-532 General Specifications

Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship

Named for: Chase County

Complement: 16 Officers and 147 Enlisted

Displacement: 1780 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to Singapore 1973