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U.S.S. IREDELL COUNTY
(LST-839)GO GET EM GATORS
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LST-839 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-839 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-839 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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SEP | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 25 SEP 1944 at American Bridge Company Ambridge PA | ||
NOV | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 12 NOV 1944 | ||
DEC | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 6 DEC 1944 | ||
OCT | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1968 | - | JUN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1969 | - | MAY | 1971 | West Pac |
LST-839 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Named for: Iredell County
Complement: 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Flank Speed: 12 knots
Final Disposition: Loaned to Indonesia July 1970Sold outright February 1979