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U.S.S. CHEBOYGAN COUNTY
(LST-533)YOU CALL WE HAUL
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LST-533 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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SEP | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 29 SEP 1943 at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company Evansville IN | ||
DEC | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 1 DEC 1943 | ||
JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 27 JAN 1944 | ||
JUN | 1944 | - | JUL | 1944 | D Day landing Normandy |
MAR | 1951 | - | MAR | 1951 | Guantanamo Bay |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
OCT | 1963 | - | APR | 1964 | Panama Canal |
NOV | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 NOV 1964 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
NOV | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | Shellback Ini |
NOV | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 NOV 1964 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1964 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 NOV 1964 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | Panama Canal |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | Panama Canal |
APR | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | Panama Canal |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | Panama Canal |
MAR | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | Panama Canal |
JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1970 | Panama Canal |
JAN | 1974 | - | APR | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
LST-533 General Specifications
Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship
Named for: Cheboygan County
Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Flank Speed: 12 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 1 December 1975