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U.S.S. LITCHFIELD COUNTY

(LST-901)

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LST-901 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-901 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-901 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1944-Keel Date: 29 OCT 1944
at Dravo Corporation Neville Island Pittsburgh PA
DEC1944-Launch Date: 9 DEC 1944
JAN1945-Commissioned: 11 JAN 1945
DEC1955-Decommissioned: 20 DEC 1955
MAR1966-DEC1967West Pac
DEC1966-JUL1967USS Litchfield County LST-901
JAN1968-DEC1969West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1968-NOV1968West Pac-Viet Nam

LST-901 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 into commercial service 1 January 1977Sold for scrapping 1996