USS Orange County
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USS Orange County (LST–1068) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Unlike many of her class, which received only numbers and were disposed of after World War II, she survived long enough to be named. On 1 July 1955, all LSTs still in commission were named for US counties or parishes; LST-1068 was given the name Orange County, for counties in the states of California, Florida, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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USS LST-1068 off the coast of San Diego, returning from a tour of duty in Korea during the Korean War | |
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United States | |
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Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3458[1] |
Laid down | 31 January 1945 |
Launched | 3 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 27 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 9 August 1946 |
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Fate | Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria Group |
Recommissioned | 8 September 1950 |
Decommissioned | 15 October 1957 |
Renamed | Orange County, 1 July 1955 |
Stricken | 27 September 1957 |
Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars (Korea) |
Fate | Sunk as a target ship, 18 June 1958 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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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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 |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 33 |
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