USS Mahnomen County
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USS Mahnomen County (LST-912) 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 Mahnomen County, Minnesota, and was the only US Navy vessel to bear the name.
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USS Mahnomen County (LST-912) impaled on rocks off Chu Lai, South Vietnam | |
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Namesake | Mahnomen County, Minnesota |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3382[1] |
Laid down | 5 February 1944 |
Launched | 22 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 25 August 1955 |
Renamed | Mahnomen County, 1 July 1955 |
Recommissioned | 27 March 1963 |
Stricken | 31 July 1967 |
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Fate | ran aground, 30 December 1966 and demolished |
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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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Part of: | LST Flotilla 8 |
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