Laid down at the shipyard of the Dravo Corporation,
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA on 1 October 1944, launched on 9 December,
commissioned on 6 January 1945, decommissioned on 15 May, renamed Lynn County
on 1 July 1955, handed via leasing over by the USA to South Korea on 2 December
1958, stricken from the USN lust on 8 February 1959 and sold to South Korea on
15 November 1974. A
LST=Tank Landing Ship. Displacement 1.625 (light)-2.366 beaching)-4.080 (full
load) tons, cargo capacity 2.100 tons and as dimensions 103.6
(waterline)-107.5(over all) x 16.4 x 4.6 metres or 316’-318’ x 50’
x 14’. Crew in South
Korean service around 80-110 men, in US navy service 117. Able to transport 163
soldiers. The armament in South Korean service consisted of 8/10-4cm anti
aircraft guns, in US Navy Second World War service 2x2-4cm guns, 4x1-4cm guns
and 12x1-2cm guns. The diesels supplied 1.700 bhp allowing with the two shafts
a speed of 11,6 knots.
