USS Meeker County
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USS Meeker County (LST-980) 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. Later named after Meeker County, Minnesota, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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USS LST-980 unloads an LVT during "Exercise Camid III", for an "assault" on Bloodsworth Island in the Chesapeake Bay. | |
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Namesake | Meeker County, Minnesota |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 22 December 1943 |
Launched | 10 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 16 December 1955 |
Renamed | Meeker County, 1 July 1955 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle star (World War II) |
Fate |
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Recommissioned | 23 September 1966 |
Decommissioned | December 1970 |
Stricken | 1 April 1975 |
Honors and awards | 10 × campaign stars (Vietnam War) |
Fate |
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Singapore | |
Name | LST-3 |
Owner | Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd., Singapore |
Acquired | 1976 |
Fate | Sold, 30 June 1978 |
Greece | |
Name | Petrola 143 |
Owner | Maritime & Commercial Co., Argonaftis S.A., Panama |
Acquired | 30 June 1978 |
Identification | IMO number: 7629893 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 7 August 1996 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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Installed power |
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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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