USS Washtenaw County

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Washtenaw County (MSS-2) underway in Haiphong harbor, North Vietnam in June 1973. By running the channel to Haiphong, Washtenaw County verified that all U.S. mines had been cleared.
History
United States
Name	USS Washtenaw County
Namesake	Washtenaw County, Michigan
Builder	Christy Shipbuilding Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	29 November 1951
Launched	22 November 1952
Commissioned	29 October 1953, as USS LST-1166
Decommissioned	August 1973
Renamed	USS Washtenaw County, 1 July 1955
Reclassified	MSS-2 (Special Device Minesweeper), 9 February 1973
Stricken	30 August 1973
Identification	IMO number: 7743405
Honours and awards	Vietnam 17 battle stars 2 Presidential Unit Citations 2 Navy Unit Commendations 4 Meritorious Unit Commendations
Fate	Undergoing restoration to museum ship (presently on hold)
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General characteristics
Class and type	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
Displacement	2,590 long tons (2,632 t) light 5,800 long tons (5,893 t) full load
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, 2 controllable pitch propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	3 × LCVPs 1 × LCPL
Troops	15 officers and 380 enlisted men
Complement	16 officers and 189 enlisted men
Armament	3 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns 5 × single 20 mm guns
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing deck

USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship in commission in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1973. Named for Washtenaw County, Michigan, she was the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. It is currently derelict. In October 2008, it was reported to be at the southeastern tip of Lord Island on the Columbia River in Rainier, Oregon at 46°07′18″ N 123°00′51″ W next to the Oregon shoreline.^[1] It is listed as a derelict vessel by the interagency Derelict Vessel Task Force, and has suffered damage from vandalism and looting between 2005 and 2008. While some had hoped to restore the ship as a museum ship, there is no funding or plan to do so.