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U.S.S. BLANCO COUNTY

(LST-344)


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LST-344 Deployments - Major Events

Add a LST-344 Shellback Initiation Add a LST-344 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1942-Keel Date: 18 OCT 1942
at Norfolk Navy Yard
DEC1942-Launch Date: 15 DEC 1942
JAN1943-Commissioned: 14 JAN 1943
JAN1943-JAN1946North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
SEP1943-Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1943 - Atlantic Ocean
MAY1953-Shellback Initiation - 16 MAY 1953 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1954-AUG1954Mediterranean
FEB1956-Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1956
DEC1965-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1966-OCT1969Recommisioning
OCT1968-OCT1968West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1969-MAR1969Regular Overhaul

LST-344 General Specifications

Class: LST-1-class tank landing ship

Named for: Blanco County

Complement: 9 Officers and 104-120 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping July 1975