USS Whitfield County
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USS Whitfield County (LST-1169), previously USS LST-1169, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1954 to 1973 which saw service in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific and saw action in the Vietnam War.
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USS Whitfield County off South Vietnam, ca. 1968 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS LST-1169 |
Builder | Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 26 November 1952 |
Launched | 22 August 1953 |
Commissioned | 14 September 1954 |
Renamed | USS Whitfield County, 1 July 1955 |
Namesake | Whitfield County, Georgia |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1973 |
Stricken | 15 August 1976 |
Honors and awards | A Presidential Unit Citation, 3 Navy Unit Commendations, 3 Meritorious Unit Commendations, and 11 battle stars for Vietnam War service |
Fate | Sold to Greece, 1 March 1977 |
Greece | |
Name | Kos |
Acquired | 1 March 1977 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 2000 |
Identification | L116 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 24 June 2004 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship |
Displacement | 2,590 tons (light); 5,800 tons (full) |
Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) |
Propulsion | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 3 x landing craft, vehicle, personnel LCVPs, 1 x landing craft personnel (large) LCPL |
Troops | 395 (15 officers, 380 enlisted men) |
Complement | 205 (16 officers, 189 enlisted men) |
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