USS Nye County
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USS Nye County (LST-1067) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. 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-1067 was given the name Nye County, after a county in Nevada.
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USS Nye County (LST-1067), ex-LST-1067, underway off Norfolk, Virginia, c. 1966. | |
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United States | |
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Namesake | Nye County, Nevada |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3457[1] |
Laid down | 24 January 1945 |
Launched | 27 February 1945 |
Commissioned | 24 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 13 August 1946 |
Identification |
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Renamed | Nye County, 1 July 1955 |
Recommissioned |
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Decommissioned | 27 March 1967 |
Honors and awards | two battle stars, Vietnam War |
Fate | Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) |
United States | |
Name | Nye County |
Operator | MSTS |
Acquired | 27 March 1967 |
Stricken | 10 June 1973 |
Identification | Hull symbol: T-LST-1067 |
Fate | Sold to Chilean Navy, 1 August 1973 |
Chile | |
Name | Comandante Araya |
Acquired | 1 August 1973 |
Out of service | 14 December 1981 |
Identification | Hull symbol: LST-89 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 29 March 1982 |
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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