USS LST-223 (middle) at Leyte, October 1944 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-223 |
Builder | Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca |
Laid down | 31 March 1943 |
Launched | 24 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George S. Trees |
Commissioned | 17 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 1946 |
Reclassified | LST(H)-223, 15 September 1945 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to France, March 1947 |
History | |
France | |
Name | Rance |
Namesake | Rance |
Commissioned | March 1947 |
Decommissioned | 8 March 1961 |
Identification | Pennant number: L9004 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-1-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 | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 or 6 x LCVPs |
Capacity |
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS LST-223 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later sold to France as Rance (L9004). [1]
LST-223 was laid down on 31 March 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Illinois. Launched on 24 August 1943 and commissioned on 17 September 1943. [2]
During World War II, LST-223 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Battle of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls from 31 January to 8 February 1944 and the Leyte landings from 20 October and 19 to 29 November 1944. She also participated in the invasion of Saipan from 15 to 24 June 1944.
On 15 September 1945, she was redesignated as LST(H)-223.
LST-223 was decommissioned on 1 May 1946 and later struck from the Navy Register. [1]
She was transferred to the French Navy and commissioned in March 1947 with the name Rance (L9004). [3]
The ship was beached at the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis on 8 November 1956.
Rance took part in the Algerian War between 1 November 1954 to 19 March 1962 and the First Indochina War between 19 December 1946 to 1 August 1954.
The ship was out of service on 8 March 1961 and later sold for scrap.
LST-223 have earned the following awards:
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