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.
History
United States
Name
USS LST-529, later USS Cayuga County
Namesake
Cayuga County, New York
Builder
Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down
8 November 1943
Launched
17 January 1944
Commissioned
29 February 1944
Decommissioned
7 June 1946
Recommissioned
22 September 1950
Decommissioned
17 December 1963
Renamed
USS Cayuga County (LST-529), 1 July 1955
Honours and awards
1 battle star (World War II)
3 battle stars (Korea)
Fate
Transferred to the Republic of Vietnam, 17 December 1963
South Vietnam
Name
Thi Nai (HQ-502)
Acquired
17 December 1963
Fate
Escaped to the Philippines, April 1975
Philippines
Name
BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87)
Commissioned
17 November 1975
Fate
Scrapped, 2003
General characteristics
Class and type
LST-491-class tank landing ship
Displacement
1,780 long tons (1,809 t) light
3,640 long tons (3,698 t) full
Length
328 ft (100 m)
Beam
50 ft (15 m)
Draft
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
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
Approximately 140 officers and enlisted men
Complement
8-10 officers, 100-115 enlisted men
Armament
1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun mount
8 × 40 mm guns
12 × 20 mm guns
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.
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Vegas, New Mexico Montezuma Creek (Utah), a creek in Utah Montezuma Marsh, Cayuga Lake, New York Montezuma National Forest, Colorado Montezuma National Wildlife...
1819. Early in life, living in Cato Four Corners (later Meridian, in CayugaCounty, New York), at the age of 16, he invented a method for raising ships...
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a hard-hat diver. Cayuga's wreck was re-discovered in the spring of 1969 by John Steele and Gene Turner. In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in...
up of USS Collett, USS De Haven, USS Gurke, USS Henderson, USS Lyman K. Swenson, and USS Mansfield. Royal Canadian Navy destroyers HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Athabaskan...
Colonel Sir John Johnson. Most of Johnson's force were Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Mississauga warriors led by Sayenqueraghta, Cornplanter, and...
USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Spiegel Grove, the home and estate in...
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was also awarded by the State of New York a thousand acres of land in Cayugacounty, with another hundred acres awarded to him from the State of Vermont...
Fairfax's distinguished service in the Civil War included command of the Cayuga, Nantucket and Montauk. Fairfax was later promoted to flag rank, retiring...
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