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 130 officers and enlisted men
Complement
8-10 officers, 89-100 enlisted men
Armament
8 × 40 mm guns
12 × 20 mm guns
USS Lafayette County (LST-859) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, and Wisconsin, and a parish in Louisiana, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally laid down as LST-859 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois on 26 September 1944; launched on 15 December 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Elsie M. Marcum; and commissioned at Algiers, Louisiana on 6 January 1945.
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