Category:LST-1082 Pitkin County (ship, 1945)

**USS Pitkin County**
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Instance of	tank landing ship;
Operator	United States Navy;
Manufacturer	American Bridge Company;
Country of registry	United States of America;
Vessel class	LST-542-class tank landing ship;
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USS LST-1082
Laid down, 18 November 1944, at American Bridge Co. Ambridge, PA.
Launched, 26 January 1945
Commissioned, USS LST-1082, 7 February 1945, at Naval Repair Base, Algiers, LA.
Decommissioned, 5 August 1946, at Astoria, OR.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
Recommissioned at Astoria, 6 September 1950, LCDR. John E. Chadwick, USNR, in command
Named USS Pitkin County (LST-1082), 1 July 1955
Decommissioned, 1 September 1955, at San Diego, CA.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Flee, San Diego Group
Recommissioned, 9 July 1966, at Long Beach CA., LT. C. E. Quarles in command
Decommissioned, 1 September 1971
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1975
Sold for scrapping, 19 December 1975, by DRMS (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service)
Resold to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, CA. and taken in hand by Marine Industries, Tacoma, WA. for conversion for commercial use
Sold to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd,, Singapore (Lauritz Kloster, Norway) in 1975 and renamed MV LST 4
Arrived at Piraeus, Greece having been acquired by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama (Greek flag) and renamed Petrola 144, 6 June 1978
Entered service, 26 October 1980
Arrived at the ship breakers at Gadani Beach, Pakistan for demolition, 16 April 1988.

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