LST 521 & 209 Info Requested

[reinking71]

Looking for any info on LST 521 & 209 in WW II.

 

Thanks

[patchtrader864]

209 and 521 built by chicago bridge company ' and where not sunk in the war . thats all i have . patchtrader864

[bayonetman]

Maybe this will help.

 

LST 521

 

LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 4 October 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 13 December 1943

Commissioned USS LST-521, 9 February 1944

During World War II LST-521 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the Invasion of Normandy, June 1944.

Decommissioned, 21 October 1945

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Reactived (date unknown), assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service and placed in service as USNS T-LST-521

Placed out of service (date unknown)

Named Cape May County (LST-521), 1 July 1955

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1959

Final Disposition (fate unknown)

Cape May County earned one battle star for World War II service as LST-521

 

LST-209

 

LST-209 was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 29 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. C. A. Dalton; and commissioned on 10 June 1943.

 

During World War II, LST-209 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

She returned to the United States and was placed out of commission, in reserve, on 27 June 1946, and was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service for service as USNS LST-209. On 1 July 1955, she was named Bamberg County (LST-209) after a county in South Carolina. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1958 and sold to Tolchester Lines, Inc., Arlington, Va., and resold to Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., on 23 February 1961.

 

Bamberg County (LST-209) earned one battle star for World War II service as LST-209.