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U.S.S. SPARTANBURG COUNTY

(LST-1192)

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USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192 ) - a Newport class tank landing ship

In Commission 1971 to 1994

LST-1192 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-1192 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-1192 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1970-Keel Date: 7 FEB 1970
at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
NOV1970-Launch Date: 7 NOV 1970
SEP1971-Commissioned: 1 SEP 1971
NOV1971-DEC1971Sea Trials
JAN1972-FEB1972Operation Escort Tiger
JAN1973-DEC1973Caribbean
AUG1973-DEC1973Caribbean
SEP1973-Shellback Initiation - 12 SEP 1973 - Atlantic Ocean
SEP1974-MAR1975Mediterranean
JUL1975-FEB1976Mediterranean
JUL1975-OCT1975Mediterranean
DEC1976-APR1977Regular Overhaul
JAN1978-MAY1978Antarctic Circle
AUG1978-NOV1978Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
AUG1978-NOV1978nato
JAN1979-JUL1979Mediterranean
JAN1980-JUN1980Mediterranean
JAN1981-JUN1981Mediterranean
AUG1982-OCT1982Nato Operation Northen Wedding / Bold Guard
JAN1983-JUN1983Mediterranean
JAN1984-MAR1984Antarctic Circle
FEB1984-MAY1984North Atlantic
JAN1985-AUG1985Mediterranean-Lebanon
JAN1985-AUG1985Mediterranean
JAN1985-AUG1985Mediterranean-Lebanon
JAN1985-AUG1985Mediterranean-Lebanon
OCT1986-DEC1986Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
OCT1986-DEC1986Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JAN1987-JUL1987Mediterranean
DEC1988-JUN1989Mediterranean
JAN1990-JAN1991Desert Shield
AUG1990-APR1991Desert Shield
NOV1991-JAN1992Desert Shield
MAY1992-NOV1992Mediterranean
JAN1994-JUN1994Mediterranean-West Africa
MAR1994- Shellback Initiation - 27 MAR 1994 - Indian Ocean
MAR1994- Shellback Initiation - 27 MAR 1994 - Indian Ocean
MAR1994-Shellback Initiation - 27 MAR 1994 - Indian Ocean
DEC1994-Decommissioned: 16 DEC 1994

LST-1192 General Specifications

Class: Newport class tank landing ship

Named for: Spartanburg County

Complement: 14 Officers and 210 Enlisted

Displacement: 5190 tons

Length: 522 feet

Beam: 70 feet

Flank Speed: 20+ knots

Final Disposition: Sold to Malaysia December 16 1994