USS Waldo County
USS Waldo County (LST-1163) in the Caribbean ca. 1970. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Waldo County |
| Namesake | Waldo County in Maine |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 4 August 1952 |
| Launched | 17 May 1953 |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 21 December 1970 |
| In service | with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from May 1972 to 1 November 1973 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | T-LST-1163 May 1972 |
| Stricken |
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| Honors & awards | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal three times (1961, 1965, 1966) |
| Fate |
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| Notes | In commissioned service as USS LST-1163 1953–1955 and as USS Waldo County (LST-1163) 1955–1970; in non-commissioned service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Waldo County (T-LST-1163) 1972–1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-1156—(Terrebonne Parish)—class landing ship tank |
| Displacement | 2,440 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 (4.48 MW) |
| Propulsion | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| 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) |
| Armor |
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USS Waldo County (LST-1163), previously USS LST-1163, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1970, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Waldo County (T-LST-1163) from 1972 to 1973.