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U.S.S. BOWMAN COUNTY

(LST-391)


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LST-391 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1942-Keel Date: 14 JUL 1942
at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA
OCT1942-Launch Date: 28 OCT 1942
DEC1942-Commissioned: 3 DEC 1942
JAN1943-JAN1944Bizerte Tunisia

LST-391 General Specifications

Class: LST-1-class tank landing ship

Named for: Bowman County

Complement: 9 Officers and 104-120 Enlisted

Displacement: 1625 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to Greece May 1960