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U.S.S. GRANT COUNTY
(LST-1174)TERRE ET MARE VICIMUS
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USS GRANT COUNTY (LST-1174 ) - a De Soto County-class tank landing ship
In Commission 1957 to 1973LST-1174 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1956 | - | Keel Date: 15 MAR 1956 at Avondale Marine Ways Avondale LA | ||
OCT | 1956 | - | Launch Date: 12 OCT 1956 | ||
DEC | 1957 | - | Commissioned: 17 DEC 1957 | ||
DEC | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 DEC 1957 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1959 | - | SEP | 1959 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1961 | - | OCT | 1961 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1961 | - | SEP | 1961 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
APR | 1961 | - | OCT | 1961 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
SEP | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | OPERATION STEEL PIKE 1 |
OCT | 1965 | - | MAY | 1966 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | Caribbean |
AUG | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1972 | - | MAR | 1972 | Caribbean |
JAN | 1973 | - | Decommissioned: 15 JAN 1973 |
LST-1174 General Specifications
Class: De Soto County-class tank landing ship
Named for: Grant County
Complement: 124 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3560 tons
Length: 446 feet
Beam: 62 feet
Flank Speed: 17 knots
Final Disposition: Loaned to the Brazilian Navy 15 January 1973Sold to Brazil 1 February 1980
USS GRANT COUNTY (LST-1174)
Grant County (LST-1174) was laid down by Avondale Marine Ways
Inc.
Avondale
La.
15 March 1956; launched 12 October 1956; sponsored by Mrs.
John Martin Higgins; and commissioned 17 December 1957
Lt. Comdr. R. B.
Nichols in command.
After shakedown
Grant County performed amphibious exercises.along
the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean throughout 1958. From 1958 to 1962
the LST excelled in training and experimental amphibious operations in the
Atlantic
Caribbean
and on two occasions the Mediterranean (1958
1961)
.
Following operations with Marines at Camp Pendleton in October 1962
Grant
County was dispatched to Florida for assignment during the Cuban missile
crisis. Her constant training paid dividends
for the show of strength displayed
by the Navy averted an atomic catastrophe
and once again left undisputed
America's claim to superiority of the sea. When the crisis eased
Grant
County resumed her training
and remained on alert in the event of another
flare-up.
In May 1965
the Communist threat to the Western Hemisphere struck again
this time in the Dominican Republic. President Johnson ordered Marines to
the Caribbean island to protect American interests and help stabilize the
government. When the situation showed signs of diminishing
Grant County
departed Little Creek
Va.
1 June for the Caribbean. She embarked Marines
and Seabees stationed in the Dominican Republic and returned them to the
United States. On 3 October she sailed for another Mediterranean deployment
and participated in amphibious exercises before returning home 31 March
1966.
During the next 4 months Grant County participated in intermittent
amphibious exercises along the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean. During
August she made two runs to the Dominican Republic to return troops and
equipment to the United States. She continued shuttle runs along the East
Coast until 1 December when she began a 3-month overhaul. In March 1967
she resumed training and readiness operations with amphibious forces and
at present she ranges the seas from the Virginia Capes to the Caribbean
while maintaining the efficiency and readiness of her crew and equipment.
[Note: The above USS GRANT COUNTY (LST-1174) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS GRANT COUNTY (LST-1174) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]