USS Holmes County underway in 1960s.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-836 |
Builder | American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 11 September 1944 |
Launched | 29 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 25 July 1946 |
Recommissioned | 3 November 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1971 |
Renamed | Holmes County, 1 July 1955 |
Fate | Sold to Republic of Singapore Navy, 5 December 1975 |
Singapore | |
Name | Endurance |
Namesake | Endurance |
Acquired | 5 December 1975 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1971 (on loan) |
Decommissioned | 1999 |
Homeport | Changi Naval Base, Singapore |
Identification | L-201 |
Fate | Serving as a floating sea-defense barricade at Changi Naval Base |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x LCVPs |
Capacity | 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Deck as helipad |
USS Holmes County (LST-836) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Florida, Mississippi, and Ohio, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.