USS LST-1017 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Chung Chi (LST-206).[1]
.jpg) ROCS Chung Chi
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-1017 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy |
| Laid down | 25 March 1944 |
| Launched | 25 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 29 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 March 1948 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Republic of China, 1946 |
 Taiwan | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | 14 December 1946 |
| Commissioned | 14 December 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1 September 1990 |
| Identification | Hull number: LST-206 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Propulsion | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs |
| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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Construction and commissioning
editLST-1017 was laid down on 25 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 25 April 1944 and commissioned on 12 May 1944.[2]
Service in United States Navy
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During World War II, LST-1017 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She then participated in the Morotai landings on 15 September 1944 and Leyte landings from 5 to 18 November 1944. In 1945, she took part in the Lingayen Gulf landing from 4 to 17 January, the Mindanao Island landing from 17 to 23 April, Transporting Australian Troops ex Cairns (Queensland) on 27 May, disembarked Morotai 13 June 1945 and Balikpapan operation from 26 June to 9 July. She was assigned to occupation and China from 20 October 1945 to 29 June 1946.[1]
She was decommissioned on 29 June 1946 and struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948 after she was transferred to the Republic of China on 14 December 1946.[2]
Service in Republic of China Navy
editChung Chi was decommissioned on 1 September 1990.[3]
Awards
editLST-1017 have earned the following awards:
- China Service Medal (extended)
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5 battle stars)
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
- Philippines Liberation Medal (2 battle stars)
Citations
edit- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ a b "LST-1017". NHHC. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ 2021.04.01 LST-208中訓軍艦除役塗銷舷號, retrieved 21 August 2021
Sources
edit- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.