USS Chesterfield County (LST-551) [SEP] vessel class
USS Chesterfield County (LST-551)
USS "Chesterfield County" (LST-551), originally USS "LST-551", was an built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1955 and again in the late 1960s. Named after Chesterfield County, South Carolina, and Chesterfield County, Virginia, she has been the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name.
Construction and commissioning.
"LST-551" was laid down on 15 January 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley
she was decommissioned on 10 June 1955.
While out of commission, "LST-551" was renamed USS "Chesterfield County" (LST-551) on 1 July 1955.
Service history, 1960s.
"Chesterfield County" was recommissioned on 21 December 1965 and operated on the Brown Waters Vietnam in 1966 and 1967 during the Vietnam War. Decommissioned once again in 1968, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1970 and sold to Mitsui and Company of Japan in February 1971 for scrapping.
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