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U.S.S. MEEKER COUNTY
(LST-980)MEEKER MOUSE
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LST-980 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-980 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-980 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 22 DEC 1943 at Boston Navy Yard MA | ||
FEB | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 10 FEB 1944 | ||
MAR | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 19 MAR 1944 | ||
MAY | 1944 | - | FEB | 1945 | EUROPEAN THEATRE WWII |
JUN | 1944 | - | JUN | 1944 | D-DAY INVASION |
NOV | 1945 | - | DEC | 1945 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1946 | - | MAR | 1946 | Caribbean |
FEB | 1947 | - | MAR | 1947 | Caribbean |
OCT | 1947 | - | NOV | 1947 | Galveston Texas |
JAN | 1948 | - | MAR | 1948 | Caribbean |
AUG | 1948 | - | SEP | 1948 | Pensacola Florida |
FEB | 1949 | - | APR | 1949 | Caribbean |
MAY | 1949 | - | OCT | 1949 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1950 | - | MAY | 1950 | Caribbean |
JUN | 1951 | - | AUG | 1951 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
MAY | 1952 | - | JUN | 1952 | Caribbean |
JUL | 1952 | - | AUG | 1952 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
OCT | 1952 | - | NOV | 1952 | Caribbean |
JAN | 1953 | - | MAR | 1953 | Caribbean |
JUN | 1953 | - | AUG | 1953 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
JAN | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | Little Creek Va to Guam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1967 | - | AUG | 1970 | VIETNAM OFFENSIVE |
JUN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
LST-980 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: Scrapped