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LST-542-class landing ship tank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS LST-1017 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Chung Chi (LST-206).[1]
ROCS Chung Chi | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-1017 |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy |
Laid down | 25 March 1944 |
Launched | 25 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1946 |
Stricken | 12 March 1948 |
Identification |
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Fate | Transferred to Republic of China, 1946 |
Taiwan | |
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Acquired | 14 December 1946 |
Commissioned | 14 December 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1 September 1990 |
Identification | Hull number: LST-206 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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LST-1017 was laid down on 25 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 25 April 1944 and commissioned on 12 May 1944.[2]
During World War II, LST-1017 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She then participated in the Morotai landings on 15 September 1944 and Leyte landings from 5 to 18 November 1944. In 1945, she took part in the Lingayen Gulf landing from 4 to 17 January, the Mindanao Island landing from 17 to 23 April, Transporting Australian Troops ex Cairns (Queensland) on 27 May, disembarked Morotai 13 June 1945 and Balikpapan operation from 26 June to 9 July. She was assigned to occupation and China from 20 October 1945 to 29 June 1946.[1]
She was decommissioned on 29 June 1946 and struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948 after she was transferred to the Republic of China on 14 December 1946.[2]
Chung Chi was decommissioned on 1 September 1990.[3]
LST-1017 have earned the following awards:
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