Category:LST-279 Berkley County (ship, 1943)
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- USS LST-279
- Laid down, 2 July 1943, at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.
- Launched, 19 September 1943
- Commissioned USS LST-279, 25 October 1943
- Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
- Decommissioned, 14 June 1955
- Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
- Named USS Berkley County (LST-279), 1 July 1955
- Transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan), 30 June 1955, renamed Chung Chie (LST-218)
- Struck from the Naval Register, 25 April 1960
- Final Disposition, fate unknown
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Categories:
- Ships built at American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania
- Ships built in 1943
- LST-1 Class tank landing ships
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- Cold War naval ships
- Ships with pennant number 279
- Transport in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Naval ships of the United States by name