USS Bamberg County (LST-209)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS LST-209 |
| Builder: | Chicago Bridge and Iron Company Seneca, Illinois |
| Laid down: | 7 September 1942 |
| Launched: | 29 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. C. A. Dalton |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 June 1946 |
| Renamed: | USNS T-LST-209, 19 June 1951 |
| Reclassified: | T-LST-209, 19 June 1951 |
| In service: | 19 June 1951 |
| Out of service: | 5 August 1951 |
| Renamed: | USS LST-209, 24 August 1951 |
| Reclassified: | LST-209, 24 August 1951 |
| Recommissioned: | 24 August 1951 |
| Renamed: | USS Bamberg County (LST-209), 1 July 1955 |
| Namesake: | Bamberg County, South Carolina |
| Decommissioned: | 10 December 1956 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1958 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | 1,625 tons (light), 4,080 tons (full) |
| Length: | 328 ft (100.0 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15.2 m) |
| Draft: | 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) fwd, 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft (unloaded) 8 feet 2 inches (2.49 m) fwd, 14 feet 1 inch (4.29 m) aft (loaded) |
| Depth: | 8 ft (2.4 m) fwd; 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) aft (full load) |
| Propulsion: | Two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
Two or six LCVPs |
| Troops: | 14–16 officers, 131–147 enlisted men |
| Complement: | 7–9 officers, 104–120 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts 12 × 20 mm gun mounts |
USS LST-209 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like most of the ships of her class, she was not originally named, and known only by her designation. From June to August 1951 she served a stint as a part of the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), manned by a civilian crew, and renamed USNS T-LST-209. She was recommissioned under her original name 24 August 1951, and renamed USS Bamberg County (LST-209) on 1 July 1955. She was named for Bamberg County, South Carolina, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
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