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U.S.S. LUZERNE COUNTY
(LST-902)LITTLE BATTLE SHIP
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LST-902 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 5 NOV 1944 at Dravo Corporation Neville Island Pittsburgh PA | ||
DEC | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 16 DEC 1944 | ||
JAN | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 15 JAN 1945 | ||
JAN | 1952 | - | NOV | 1955 | Recommisioning |
JUL | 1952 | - | MAY | 1953 | Left Continental Limits of U.S. |
OCT | 1952 | - | OCT | 1952 | Operation |
OCT | 1952 | - | OCT | 1952 | Wrangler |
JUL | 1953 | - | SEP | 1953 | Departed San Diego CA enroute Camp McGill Honshu Japan |
OCT | 1953 | - | OCT | 1953 | Operation |
NOV | 1955 | - | Decommissioned: 30 NOV 1955 | ||
APR | 1963 | - | APR | 1963 | Recommisioned |
JUL | 1965 | - | DEC | 1965 | Caribbean |
JAN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | Arrived Saigon -April 1966. Delivered ammunition to Viet Nam. |
FEB | 1967 | - | OCT | 1969 | Vietnam era 1968-1969 |
AUG | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 AUG 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 AUG 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1969 | - | MAR | 1969 | RIVERINE ASSAULT FORCE SUMMARY March 1969 This month another re |
MAR | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 APR 1969 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 APR 1969 - Indian Ocean | ||
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1970 | decomissioned 1970 sold to barge co. Ensenada MX |
MAR | 1970 | - | APR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1970 | - | Decommisioning |
LST-902 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: Unknown