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U.S.S. IRON COUNTY

(LST-840)


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LST-840 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1944-Keel Date: 28 SEP 1944
at American Bridge Company Ambridge PA
NOV1944-Launch Date: 15 NOV 1944
DEC1944-Commissioned: 11 DEC 1944
JUN1950-MAY1953Inchon Landing
JAN1951-MAY1952Korean War
AUG1952-Shellback Initiation - 10 AUG 1952 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1958-Decommissioned: 1 JUL 1958

LST-840 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT

Final Disposition: Transferred to the Republic of China 1 July 1958