ROCS Chung Cheng on 8 February 1955 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-1075 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3465 [1] |
Laid down | 5 March 1945 |
Launched | 3 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 8 December 1946 |
Stricken | 12 March 1948 |
Identification |
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Fate | Transferred to the Republic of China, 8 December 1946 |
Republic of China | |
Name |
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Acquired | 29 May 1946 |
Commissioned | 8 December 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1 November 1957 |
Identification | Hull number: LST-207 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x LCVPs |
Capacity | 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 34 |
Awards: |
USS LST-1075 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
LST-1075 was laid down on 5 March 1945, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 3 April 1945; and commissioned on 25 April 1945. [3] [2]
Following World War II, LST-1075 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-December 1946. She was decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China Navy on 18 December 1946. The ship was struck from the Navy list on 12 March 1948. [3]
She was commissioned into the navy on 8 December 1946.
She took part in the Battle of Dachen Archipelago which lasted from January to February 1955. [4]
In 1957, she ran aground off Pingtung and later decommissioned on 1 November 1957. The ship was deemed unrepairable and scrapped. Her name was later taken over by LST-224. [4]
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