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LST-1163 USS Waldo County
Class & type: LST-1156-class landing ship tank 
Namesake: Waldo County in Maine 
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi 
Laid down: 4 Aug 1952 
Launched: 17 May 1953 
Commissioned: 17 Sep 1953 
Decommissioned: 21 Dec 1970 
In service: with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from May 1972 to 1 Nov 1973 
Renamed: USS Waldo County 1 July 1955 (previously was USS LST-1163) 
Became USNS Waldo County May 1972 
Reclassified: T-LST-1163 May 1972 
Struck: From Navy List 1 November 1973
 From Naval Register 26 April 1999

LST-1163 USS Waldo County

Class & type: LST-1156-class landing ship tank
Namesake: Waldo County in Maine
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down: 4 Aug 1952
Launched: 17 May 1953
Commissioned: 17 Sep 1953
Decommissioned: 21 Dec 1970
In service: with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from May 1972 to 1 Nov 1973
Renamed: USS Waldo County 1 July 1955 (previously was USS LST-1163)
Became USNS Waldo County May 1972
Reclassified: T-LST-1163 May 1972
Struck: From Navy List 1 November 1973
From Naval Register 26 April 1999

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