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U.S.S. ST. CLAIR COUNTY
(LST-1096)LEST WE FORGET
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LST-1096 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-1096 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1096 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 27 NOV 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Jeffersonville IN | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 10 JAN 1945 | ||
FEB | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 2 FEB 1945 | ||
AUG | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 24 AUG 1946 | ||
OCT | 1950 | - | OCT | 1950 | Recommisioned |
APR | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | passage to freedom in french indo china |
DEC | 1957 | - | JAN | 1958 | Ship sabotaged by Ensign James Johnson given 6 yrs hard labor |
APR | 1960 | - | SEP | 1960 | West Pac |
JAN | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | West Pac |
JAN | 1966 | - | SEP | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1966 | - | JUN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | Middle Pacific |
JUN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
LST-1096 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class LST
Named for: Counties in 4 U.S. states:St. Clair County
Complement: 7 Officers and 204 Enlisted
Displacement: 1490 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Flank Speed: 10 Knots