Category:LST-980 (ship, 1944)

USS LST 980
Laid down, 9 December 1943, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
Launched, 27 January 1944
Commissioned , 26 February 1944
Named USS MEEKER COUNTY (LST-980), 1 July 1955
Decommissioned, 16 December 1955, at Green Cove Springs, FL. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
Transferred to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia, PA. in October 1961
Recommissioned, 23 September 1966, at Baltimore, MD.
Decommissioned, December 1970 at Bremerton, WA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1975
Sold for scrapping by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 December 1975
Sold to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, California, taken in hand by Marine Industries, Tacoma, WA. and converted for commercial use
Sold in 1976 to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd., Singapore (Lauritz Kloster, Norway) and renamed MV LST 3
Arrived at Piraeus, Greece having been acquired by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama (Greek flag), 30 June 1978 and renamed PETROLA 143
Final Disposition, arrived in tow at Aliaga, Turkey for demolition by Seltas A.S., 7 August 1996

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