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U.S.S. FLOYD COUNTY
(LST-762)READY AROUND THE CLOCK
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USS FLOYD COUNTY (LST-762 ) - a LST-542-class tank landing ship
In Commission 1944 to 1946LST-762 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-762 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-762 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 24 JUN 1944 at American Bridge Company Ambridge PA | ||
AUG | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 11 AUG 1944 | ||
SEP | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 5 SEP 1944 | ||
FEB | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 FEB 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1950 | - | NOV | 1950 | Recommisioned |
JUN | 1953 | - | JUN | 1954 | H bomb tests |
JUN | 1954 | - | JUN | 1954 | Middle Pacific |
OCT | 1962 | - | JAN | 1963 | Mid-Pac JTF-8 Operation DOMINIC I |
APR | 1963 | - | AUG | 1963 | Drydocked Oakland, CA FRAM II Overhaul |
JAN | 1965 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | Chu-Lai & Da- Nang landings 1965 |
JUL | 1965 | - | OCT | 1965 | Enroute to An Thoi Harbor Vietnam with 9 Coast Guard WPBs |
DEC | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 DEC 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | APR | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1966 | - | JUN | 1966 | Enroute to Soi Rap River Vietnam for PBR support duty |
MAR | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | West Pac |
SEP | 1969 | - | Decommissioned: 3 SEP 1969 |
LST-762 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT
Final Disposition: Sold 1 December 1975
USS FLOYD COUNTY (LST-762)
LST-762 was laid down on 24 June 1944 at Amridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched on 11 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret M. Ewing; and commissioned on 5 September 1944, Lt. Franklin J. Ewers, USCGR, in command.
During World War II, LST-762 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945.
The ship was decommissioned in 1946 and reactivated on 3 November 1950 for service in the Korean War. On 1 July 1955, she was redesignated Floyd County (LST-762) after counties in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Texas, and Virginia. Following the Korean War, she operated with the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force, including extensive service off Vietnam from 1965 through 1968. Floyd County (LST-672) was again decommissioned on 3 September 1969 and struck from the Navy list.
LST-762 earned one battle star for World War II service, one for the Korean War, and three battle stars and an award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in the Vietnam War.
[Note: The above USS FLOYD COUNTY (LST-762) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS FLOYD COUNTY (LST-762), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]