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U.S.S. GREER COUNTY
(LST-799)Click to view crew list
LST-799 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a LST-799 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-799 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| AUG | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 25 AUG 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Jeffersonville IN | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 21 OCT 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 3 OCT 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1950 | - | OCT | 1952 | Inchon Landing |
| JUL | 1956 | - | SEP | 1956 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1959 | - | JAN | 1960 | Alaska |
| NOV | 1959 | - | DEC | 1959 | Alaska |
| NOV | 1959 | - | DEC | 1959 | Dry Dock |
| JAN | 1960 | - | Decommissioned: 18 JAN 1960 | ||
LST-799 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: Sold for scrapping