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U.S.S. LST-859
(LST-859)LAST SHIP THERE
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LST-859 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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SEP | 1941 | - | JAN | 1950 | Inchon Landing |
SEP | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 26 SEP 1944 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company | ||
DEC | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 15 DEC 1944 | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 6 JAN 1945 | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | JAN | 1946 | Middle Pacific |
NOV | 1950 | - | DEC | 1951 | Inchon Landing |
JUN | 1952 | - | JAN | 1954 | Ammunition runs to Korea: Ulsan Pusan Inchon |
MAY | 1957 | - | SEP | 1957 | Walter Reed Army Hospital doctors to the Marshall Islands |
AUG | 1958 | - | Decommissioned: 15 AUG 1958 |
LST-859 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT
Final Disposition: Transferred to the Republic of China 1958