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LST-491-class tank landing ship
![LST-529](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/LST-529.jpg/300px-LST-529.jpg) USS
Cayuga County
(LST-529) underway, date and place unknown. Official U.S. Navy photo distributed to the crew c. 1958 while assigned to the Mariana Trust Territory and homeported in
Guam
.
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History
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United States
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Name
| USS
LST-529
, later USS
Cayuga County
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Namesake
| Cayuga County, New York
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Builder
| Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company
,
Jeffersonville, Indiana
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Laid down
| 8 November 1943
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Launched
| 17 January 1944
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Commissioned
| 29 February 1944
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Decommissioned
| 7 June 1946
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Recommissioned
| 22 September 1950
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Decommissioned
| 17 December 1963
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Renamed
| USS
Cayuga County
(LST-529), 1 July 1955
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Honours and
awards
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Fate
| Transferred to the Republic of Vietnam, 17 December 1963
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South Vietnam
|
Name
| Thi Nai
(HQ-502)
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Acquired
| 17 December 1963
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Fate
| Escaped to the Philippines, April 1975
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Philippines
|
Name
| BPR
Cotabato Del Sur
(LT-87)
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Commissioned
| 17 November 1975
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Fate
| Scrapped, 2003
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| LST-491
-class
tank landing ship
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Displacement
|
- 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) light
- 3,640 long tons (3,698 t) full
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Length
| 328 ft (100 m)
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Beam
| 50 ft (15 m)
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Draft
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- Unloaded
:
- 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward
- 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
- Loaded
:
- 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward
- 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
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Propulsion
| 2 ×
General Motors
12-567
diesel engines
, two shafts, twin rudders
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Speed
| 12
knots
(22 km/h; 14 mph)
|
Boats & landing
craft carried
| 2
LCVPs
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Troops
| Approximately 140 officers and enlisted men
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Complement
| 8-10 officers, 100-115 enlisted men
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Armament
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USS
Cayuga County
(LST-529)
was an
LST-491
-class
tank landing ship
built for the
United States Navy
during World War II. Named for
Cayuga County, New York
.
LST-529 was laid down on 8 November 1943 at
Jeffersonville, Indiana
by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 17 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret S. Carey; and commissioned on 29 February 1944.
Service history
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During the
European theatre of World War II
, LST-529 participated in the
Invasion of Normandy
in June 1944. On 7 June 1946, she was decommissioned and, as a result of hostilities in Korea, recommissioned on 22 September 1950. She served in the
Korean War
and took part in the following campaigns: U.N. Summer-Fall offensive (July and August 1951); the Second Korean Winter (December 1951 through March 1952); and the Korea, Summer 1953 (June and July 1953). Immediately following the Korean War, she continued to serve in the Korean area until July 1954. Following her Korean service, she returned to the United States.
She was named
USS
Cayuga County
(LST-529)
on 1 July 1955 and was assigned as a logistic support ship for the
Mariana
and
Bonin Islands
in the late 1950s, remaining there until decommissioned and transferred to the
Republic of Vietnam
on 17 December 1963, when she was renamed
Thi Nai
(HQ-502)
. Following the
fall of Saigon
on 29 April 1975
Thi Nai
escaped to the Philippines. Transferred to the
Philippine Navy
17 November 1975 she was renamed
BPR
Cotabato Del Sur
(LT-87)
. The ship was scrapped in 2003.
LST-529 earned one
battle star
for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service.
See also
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References
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This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
.