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U.S.S. TRAVERSE COUNTY

(LST-1160)

EVER GREATER GATOR FREIGHTER

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LST-1160 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1952-Keel Date: 18 DEC 1952
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
OCT1953-Launch Date: 3 OCT 1953
DEC1953-Commissioned: 19 DEC 1953
JAN1957-OCT1958Mediterranean
SEP1962-MAR1963Mediterranean
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
JAN1965-JUN1965Mediterranean
JUN1965-JUL1965North Atlantic
AUG1966-DEC1966Mediterranean
JAN1968-JAN1968Mediterranean
MAR1970-JUN1970Panama Canal - Ecuador - Canal Zone Ops
APR1970-Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Atlantic Ocean
APR1970-Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean
APR1970- Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean
APR1970- Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean
APR1970- Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1970 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1970-NOV1970Decommisioning

LST-1160 General Specifications

Class: LST-1156 class landing ship tank

Named for: Traverse County in Minnesota

Complement: 16 Officers and 189 Enlisted

Displacement: 2590 tons

Length: 384 feet

Beam: 55 feet

Flank Speed: 14 knots

Final Disposition: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet 1973Leased to Peru 7 August 1984Sold to Peru 26 April 1999