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
Armament
1 × single 3-inch/50-caliber gun mount
8 × 40 mm guns
12 × 20 mm guns
USS King County (LST-857) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Texas and Washington, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
USS LST-857 was laid down on 19 September 1944 at Seneca, Illinois by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 6 December 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice S. Major; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 29 December 1944.
USSKingCounty (LST-857) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Texas and...
LST-21 USS LST-22 USS LST-23 USS LST-24 USS LST-25 USS LST-26 USS LST-27 USS LST-28 USS LST-29 USS LST-30 USS Addison County (LST-31) USS Alameda County (LST-32)...
out KPA batteries on the right flank of Red Beach. Three (USSKingCounty, USS Lafayette County, and LST 973) of the eight LSTs took some hits from mortar...
December 3, and they agreed to the relocation, which was carried out by USSKingCounty by December 20. An LST and four Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft were...
was the USSKingCounty, which fired the Regulus II, the forerunner of the present-day cruise missiles. He commanded the USS Westchester County, which...
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The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum located in downtown San Diego, California at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the...
receiving ships for naval reservists in San Francisco Bay as USS Delta King (YHB-6) and USS Delta Queen (YHB-7) respectively. On 5 July 1944 she was redesignated...
USS LST-821, renamed USS Harnett County (LST-821/AGP-281), is an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II...
Belkan War USS Khe Sanh (LHD-9) – Wasp-class amphibious assault ship from ARMA 2 The Killer Whale – Merrick's ship in Sea of Thieves RMS King Weenzer –...
Spartanburg County, USS La Moure County, USS Barbour Country) SL-7 Type (USS Algol, USNS Bellatrix, USS Denebola, USS Pollux, USNS Altair, USS Regulus, USS Capella)...
redesignated USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2.) Her aft superstructure was extended forward and her forecastle built up; electronic antennas and a heavy king post...
Newport class (USS Manitowoc, USS Peoria, USS Frederick, USS Cayuga, USS Saginaw, USS Spartanburg County, USS La Moure County, USS Barbour County) Fast sealift...
seen in "No One's Gone". Lost at some point between "Handle with Care" and "USS Pennsylvania" as mentioned in "Ofelia". Ross, Dalton (May 14, 2023). "Fear...
Gwynne served in the United States Navy as a radioman on submarine chaser USS Manville (PC-581). In the 1940s, Gwynne was a summertime swimming instructor...
missile USS Florida (SSGN-728) USS Georgia (SSGN-729) Ballistic missile USS Alaska (SSBN-732) USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) USS Maryland (SSBN-738)...
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