USS LST-1017

ROCS Chung Chi
History
United States
Name	LST-1017
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy
Laid down	25 March 1944
Launched	25 April 1944
Commissioned	12 May 1944
Decommissioned	29 June 1946
Stricken	12 March 1948
Identification	Callsign: NVPT
Fate	Transferred to Republic of China, 1946
Taiwan
Name	Chung Chi (中基)
Acquired	14 December 1946
Commissioned	14 December 1946
Decommissioned	1 September 1990
Identification	Hull number: LST-206
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class & type	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	8 × 40 mm guns 12 × 20 mm guns

USS LST-1017 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Chung Chi (LST-206). ^[1]

Construction and commissioning

LST-1017 was laid down on 25 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 25 April 1944 and commissioned on 12 May 1944. ^[2]

Service in United States Navy

LST-1017 on 19 June 1945

During World War II, LST-1017 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She then participated in the Morotai landings on 15 September 1944 and Leyte landings from 5 to 18 November 1944. In 1945, she took part in the Lingayen Gulf landing from 4 to 17 January, the Mindanao Island landing from 17 to 23 April, Transporting Australian Troops ex Cairns (Queensland) on 27 May, disembarked Morotai 13 June 1945 and Balikpapan operation from 26 June to 9 July. She was assigned to occupation and China from 20 October 1945 to 29 June 1946. ^[1]

She was decommissioned on 29 June 1946 and struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948 after she was transferred to the Republic of China on 14 December 1946. ^[2]

Service in Republic of China Navy

Chung Chi was decommissioned on 1 September 1990. ^[3]

Awards

LST-1017 have earned the following awards:

• China Service Medal (extended)
• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5 battle stars)
• World War II Victory Medal
• Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
• Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
• Philippines Liberation Medal (2 battle stars)

Citations

1. "Tank Landing Ship LST". NavSource. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
2. "LST-1017". NHHC. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
3. 2021.04.01 LST-208中訓軍艦除役塗銷舷號 , retrieved 21 August 2021

Sources

• United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0710607959.
• Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0710628886.
• Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.