USS_Sublette_County
USS Sublette County
LST-542-class landing ship tank
USS Sublette County (LST-1144) 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 Yeh (LST-231).[1]
ROCS Chung Yeh | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | LST-1144 |
| Builder | Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca |
| Laid down | 3 February 1945 |
| Launched | 2 May 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Evelyn B. Adams |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 11 February 1955 |
| Namesake | Sublette County |
| Renamed | Sublette County |
| Stricken | 1 June 1960 |
| Identification | Pennant number: LST-1144 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Republic of China, 1961 |
 Taiwan | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | September 1961 |
| Commissioned | 21 September 1961 |
| Homeport | Kaohsiung |
| Identification | Pennant number: LST-231 |
| Status | Active |
| 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 |
| Armament |
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LST-1144 was laid down on 3 February 1945 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. Launched on 2 May 1945 and commissioned on 28 May 1945.
Service in United States Navy
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During World War II, LST-1144 was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. She was assigned to occupation and Europe from 19 January to 5 May 1951, 17 October 1951 to 26 January 1952 and 14 January to 22 June 1953.[1]
She was decommissioned on 11 February 1955 and struck from the Naval Register on 1 June 1960 after she was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Chung Yeh (LST-231).[2] While being mothballed on 1 July 1955, she was given the name Sublette County.
Service in Republic of China Navy
She participated in multiple naval exercises throughout the years.
LST-1144 have earned the following awards:
- "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- 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.