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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Washoe County |
| Namesake | Washoe County in Nevada |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 1 December 1952 |
| Launched | 14 July 1953 |
| Commissioned | 30 November 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 25 March 1971 |
| In service | with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from January 1973 until 1 November 1973 |
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| Reclassified | T-LST-1165 January 1973 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1973 |
| Honors and awards | A Presidential Unit Citation, a Navy Unit Commendation, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 campaign stars for Vietnam War service |
| Fate |
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| Notes | In commission service as USS LST-1165 1953-1955 and as USS Washoe County (LST-1165) 1955-1971; in non-commissioned service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Washoe County (T-LST-1165) 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1156-(Terrebonne Parish-) class landing ship tank |
| Displacement | 2,590 tons (light); 5,800 tons (full) |
| Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shp (4.48 MW) |
| Propulsion | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 x landing craft, vehicle, personnel LCVPs, 1 x landing craft personnel (large) LCPL |
| Troops | 395 (15 officers, 380 enlisted men) |
| Complement | 205 (16 officers, 189 enlisted men) |
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USS Washoe County (LST-1165), previously USS LST-1165, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1971, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Washoe County (T-LST-1165) in 1973.