USS Pulaski County
USS Pulaski County (LST-1088), underway, date and location unknown. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | LST-1088 |
| Builder | American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | 16 December 1944 |
| Launched | 11 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 27 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 August 1946 |
| Renamed | Pulaski County (LST-1088), 1 July 1955 |
| Recommissioned | 21 May 1963 |
| Decommissioned | July 1967 |
| In service | July 1967, as USNS Pulaski County (T-LST-1088) |
| Out of service | Unknown |
| Stricken | 1 November 1973 |
| Motto | Navis Septem Givitatum |
| Honors & awards | 2 battle stars (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1 January 1975, to Abdul Sattar Chbib, of Midea GmbH in Frankfurt, w/Germany. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-1081-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement | 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) aft |
| 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 | Approximately 130 officers and enlisted men |
| Complement | 8–10 officers, 89–100 enlisted |
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USS Pulaski County (LST-1088) was a LST-1081-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy, named for seven counties in the United States.