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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: USS Vernon County, USS Washtenaw County, SS United States, USS Terrell County, HMAS Voyager, USS Terrebonne Parish, USS Wilkinson, TS Leda, MS Kungsholm, SS Badger, USS Willis A. Lee, MTS Oceanos, HMS Diana, SS Uganda, Lightship Ambrose, USS Impervious, USS Illusive, USS John S. McCain, RNLB Aguila Wren, USS Gudgeon, SS Spartan, HMCS Skeena, BAP Palacios, USS Mitscher, SS Arthur M. Anderson, HMS Bassingham, USS Esteem, USS Enhance, USS Endurance, Soviet submarine S-99, USS Dynamic, Zarya, List of ship launches in 1952, USS Aggressive, USS Conflict, USS Detector, HMS Gay Archer, HMS Cardingham, Globe Star, HMAS Snipe, HMS Smaland, HMS Aberford, United States Lightship WLV-613, USS Dash, HMS Altham, HMS Bodenham, HMS Boreham, HMS Chillingham, HMS Gay Bombardier, Hvalur 9 RE399, HMS Inglesham, MV Mercedes I, HMS Bucklesham, HMS Darsham, HMS Chelsham, HMCS Chaleur, RFA Eddyrock, HMCS Comox, HMS Shalford, RFA Eddycliff, Roald Amundsen. Excerpt: USS Vernon County (LST-1161) was a United States Navy, Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship in commission from 1953 to 1973. She saw extensive service in the Vietnam war before being transferred to the Venezuelan Navy, where she became Amazonas (T-21). Vernon County was laid down as USS LST-1161 on 14 April 1952 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation and launched on 25 November 1952;, sponsored by Mrs. Hugh White, the wife of the then-governor of Mississippi, Hugh L. White. USS LST-1161 was commissioned on 18 May 1953 with Lieutenant Commander D. E. Sutherlin in command. After conducting her shakedown cruise, LST-1161 operated off the United States East Coast out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek at Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Morehead City, North Carolina, through mid-February 1954. She subsequently deployed twice to Caribbean operating areas d...
