USS Summit County

USS LST-1146 unloading a tank at Inchon, Korea.
History
United States
NameSummit County
Namesake
Laid down10 February 1945
Launched11 May 1945
Commissioned30 May 1945
DecommissionedMarch, 1946
Reinstated21 December 1965
Decommissioned1969
Fate
  • Sold to Ecuador,
  • 14 February 1977
Stricken1 November 1976
Honors and
awards		one battle star, Korean War; three battle stars, Vietnam War
History
Ecuador
NameBAE Hualcopo (T-55)
Acquired14 February 1977
ReclassifiedT-61
ReclassifiedTR-61
Statusin active service, as of 2007[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 1,490 tons (light);
  • 4,080 tons (full load of 2,100 tons)
Length328 ft (100 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • 8 ft (2.4 m) forward;
  • 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) aft (full load)
PropulsionTwo diesel engines, two shafts
Speed
  • 10.8 knots (20 km/h) (max);
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) (econ)
Complement7 officers, 204 enlisted
Armament

USS Summit County (LST-1146) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Unlike many of her class, which received only numbers and were disposed of after World War II, she survived long enough to be named. On 1 July 1955, all LSTs still in commission were named for US counties or parishes; LST-1146 was given the name Summit County, after counties in Colorado, Ohio and Utah. She was decommissioned in 1969 and placed in reserve. She was sold to Ecuador and renamed BAE Hualcopo (T-55). Although she suffered a major fire in July 1998, she was still in service with the Ecuadorian Navy as of 2007 under her current pennant number of TR-61.

  1. ^ Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Ecuador". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.