USS LST-574
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22.1037500°N 120.6891944°E / 22.1037500; 120.6891944
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ROCS Chung Yung | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-574 |
Builder | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville |
Laid down | 16 April 1944 |
Launched | 5 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 26 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
Identification | |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sold to commercial service, 1947 |
Taiwan | |
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Acquired | 1 May 1949 |
Commissioned | 1 May 1949 |
Decommissioned | 16 October 1997 |
Identification | Hull number: LST-210 |
Fate | Sunk as artificial reef, 10 November 2002 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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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 |
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USS LST-574 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. Commissioned in 1944, she participated in some of the last amphibious landings of the war. Following World War II, she served in China and the occupation of Japan before being decommissioned in 1946. She was transferred to the Republic of China Navy in 1949 as ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210) and participated in the final phases of the Chinese Civil War. She was decommissioned again in 1997 and sunk as an artificial reef in 2002.