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U.S.S. LST-603

(LST-603)


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LST-603 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1943-Keel Date: 5 NOV 1943
at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
MAR1944-Launch Date: 14 MAR 1944
APR1944-Commissioned: 5 APR 1944
DEC1966-DEC1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JAN1969West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1967-DEC1967Dry Dock
JUN1968-JAN1969West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1968-MAY1969West Pac-Viet Nam

LST-603 General Specifications

Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship

Complement: 8 Officers and 100-115 Enlisted

Displacement: 1780 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT

Final Disposition: Transferred to South Vietnam 4 April 1969