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USS Pima County
Tank landing ship of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Pima County (LST-1081) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. Built by the American Bridge Company in Ambridge, Pennsylvania from 13 November 1944 she was commissioned into the navy on 30 January 1945. LST-1081 saw service as a logistics vessel in the latter stages of the Pacific War but was placed into reserve and decommissioned after the war. She was recommissioned in 1950 after the outbreak of the Korean War and served with the Atlantic Fleet, including a deployment in the Mediterranean Sea during which she was renamed USS Pima County. She returned to the reserve in 1956 and was decommissioned on 12 December of that year.
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Namesake | Pima County, Arizona |
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Builder | American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 13 November 1944 |
Launched | 5 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 30 January 1945 |
Recommissioned | 2 February 1951 |
Decommissioned | 30 July 1946 |
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Fate | Wrecked by fire 1 December 1979 |
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Class and type | LST-542-class LST |
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Propulsion | Two 12-cylinder 2-stroke single acting oil engines |
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Troops | 147 (as LST-1081) |
Complement | 119 (as LST-1081) |
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In June 1960 Pima County was sold to the United States Leasing Corporation with whom she served as the freighter 518 N. She was acquired by the British government-owned Atlantic Steam Navigation Company (ASN) in 1965 and served as the freight vessel Baltic Ferry. The ASN carried out a refurbishment at Smith's Dock Company after which she served on routes from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and continental Europe. Baltic Ferry was laid up for a period in the late 1960s and in 1972 was sold to a company that operated her as Sable Ferry in North America. She was sold again in 1977 to Mareantes Mundial Armadora and, under the name Nickel Ferry, was operated by Andy International on routes in Central America. She caught fire off La Unión, El Salvador on 1 December 1979 and was rendered a total wreck.