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USS Maricopa County
Tank landing ship of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Maricopa County (LST-938) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation. She was later named after Maricopa County, Arizona, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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![]() USS LST-938 entering San Francisco Bay, having just passed under the Golden Gate Bridge, as she returns from duty in the South Pacific, 27 May 1946 | |
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Name | LST-938 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3408[1] |
Laid down | 14 July 1944 |
Launched | 15 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 9 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | December 1949 |
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Namesake | Maricopa County, Arizona |
Commissioned | 14 December 1951 |
Decommissioned | 29 February 1956 |
Renamed | Maricopa County, 1 July 1955 |
Stricken | 1 June 1962 |
Fate | Transferred to South Vietnam, 12 July 1962 |
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Name | Da Nang |
Namesake | City of Da Nang |
Acquired | 12 July 1962 |
Identification | Hull symbol: HQ-501 |
Captured | Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 29 April 1975 |
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Name | Trần Khánh Dư |
Namesake | Prince Trần Khánh Dư |
Acquired | 29 April 1975 |
Identification | Hull symbol: HQ-501 |
Status | Active in service as of 2003 |
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Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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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 |
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