USS LST-483
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USS LST-483/Brewster County (LST-483) was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Later renamed for Brewster County, Texas, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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LST-483 and President Monroe docked at Adak, Alaska, 20 September 1943. As SeaBees load a barge with material for the airfield they are building at Tanaga Island. | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-483 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 1003[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 38[1] |
Laid down | 21 September 1942 |
Launched | 30 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 3 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 10 February 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars |
Fate | assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East |
Japan | |
Operator | Shipping Control Authority for Japan |
In service | 10 February 1946 |
Out of service | unknown |
Renamed | Q050 |
Fate | returned to USN |
United States | |
Name | Q050 |
Renamed | Brewster County, 1 July 1955 |
Namesake | Brewster County, Texas |
Stricken | 11 August 1955 |
Fate | Sunk as target |
General characteristics [2] | |
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 |
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 3 |
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