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U.S.S. LEE COUNTY

(LST-888)


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LST-888 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1944-Keel Date: 11 AUG 1944
at Dravo Corporation Neville Island Pittsburgh PA
OCT1944-Launch Date: 14 OCT 1944
NOV1944-Commissioned: 13 NOV 1944
SEP1946-Decommissioned: 2 SEP 1946

LST-888 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 18 April 1961