USS LST-60
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The USS Atchison County (LST-60) was an LST-1-class tank landing ship that was built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for counties in Kansas and Missouri established in honor of David Rice Atchison, a mid-nineteenth century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
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USS LST-316, LST-60, and USS LST-535 beached at Normandy, June 1944 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS LST-60 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 14 November 1943 |
Launched | 24 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 June 1946 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (WWII) |
Renamed | USS Atchison County (LST-60), 1 July 1955 |
Namesake | |
Stricken | 1 November 1958 |
Fate | Sold commercial broken up August 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Depth | 8 ft (2.4 m) forward, 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) aft (full load) |
Propulsion | 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | Two or six LCVPs |
Troops | 14–16 officers, 131–147 enlisted men |
Complement | 7–9 officers, 104–120 enlisted men |
Armament |
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LST-60 was laid down on November 14, 1943 at Neville Island in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation.Launched on December 24, she was sponsored by Mrs. Daniel W. Mack and placed in reduced commission on January 24, 1944 so that she might descend the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers under her own power to New Orleans, where she was placed in full commission on February 7.