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U.S.S. KING COUNTY

(LST-857)


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LST-857 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1944-Keel Date: 19 SEP 1944
at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
DEC1944-Commissioned: 29 DEC 1944
DEC1944-Launch Date: 6 DEC 1944
SEP1950-NOV1951Inchon Landing
APR1959-Shellback Initiation - 12 APR 1959 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1960-Decommissioned: 19 JUL 1960

LST-857 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: Sold for scrapping 25 April 1961