USS Nye County (LST-1067)

USS Nye County (LST-1067) 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-1067 was given the name Nye County, after a county in Nevada.

USS Nye County (LST-1067), ex-LST-1067, underway off Norfolk, Virginia, c. 1966.
History
United States
Name:
  • LST-1067 (1945–1955)
  • Nye County (1955–1973)
Namesake: Nye County, Nevada
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3457[1]
Laid down: 24 January 1945
Launched: 27 February 1945
Commissioned: 24 March 1945
Decommissioned: 13 August 1946
Identification:
Renamed: Nye County, 1 July 1955
Recommissioned:
  • 22 May 1963, in reserve
  • 21 December 1965, full commission
Decommissioned: 27 March 1967
Honors and
awards:		 two battle stars, Vietnam War
Fate: Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
United States
Name: Nye County
Operator: MSTS
Acquired: 27 March1967
Stricken: 10 June 1973
Identification: Hull symbol: T-LST-1067
Status: Sold to Chilean Navy, 1 August 1973
Chile
Name: Comandante Araya
Acquired: 1 August 1973
Out of service: 14 December 1981
Identification: Hull symbol: LST-89
Fate: Sold for scrapping 29 March 1982
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light)
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load)
  • 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length: 328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft:
  • Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
  • Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
  • Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
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:
Service record
Part of: LST Flotilla 33
Awards:

Construction

LST-1067 was laid down on 24 January 194,5 at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 27 February 1945; and commissioned on 24 March 1945,[3] Lieutenant Paul H. White, USNR, in command.[2]

Service history

World War II

Upon completing shakedown along the Virginia coast, LST–1067 sailed to Davisville, Rhode Island, to load materials of war. Departing 16 May 1945, she steamed via the Panama Canal, first to Pearl Harbor, and then with additional cargo, to Guam, arriving 19 July. A second logistic voyage from the Hawaiian Islands to the Marianas occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Japanese surrender. She then embarked occupation forces at Leyte, and landed them on Honshū, Japan, 2 November. Turning eastward for the long trip to the United States, LST–1067 arrived at San Francisco, on 6 January 1946, and decommissioned at Portland, Oregon, on 13 August 1946.[4]

Reserve

Named Nye County 1 July 1955, the landing ship recommissioned "in reserve" 22 May 1963, and was assigned to the newly created RESLSTRON 2 based at Little Creek, Virginia. The value of this squadron during the Dominican Republic crisis brought a full commissioning 21 December 1965, and new duties in the Western Pacific.[4]

Vietnam War

Though based at Sasebo, Japan, Nye County spent much time between April 1966 and March 1967, offloading supplies at critical points along the central coast of South Vietnam. Ordered to Pusan, Korea, she decommissioned 27 March 1967, and was turned over to the Military Sea Transportation Service. Manned largely by a Korean crew, she continued to sail in Far Eastern waters in 1970,[4] as USNS Nye County (T-LST-1067).[2]

Chilean Navy service

She was later sold to Chile, 1 August 1973, where she was renamed Commandante Araya (LST-89). She was taken out of service 14 December 1981, and sold for scrapping 29 March 1982.[2]

Awards

Nye County earned two battle stars for the Vietnam War.

Notes

    Citations
    1. Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
    2. Navsource 2016.
    3. DANFS LST-1067 2015.
    4. DANFS Nye County 2015.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-1067". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Nye County". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 14 Aug 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
    • "USNS Nye County (T-LST-1067)". Navsource.org. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.


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