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rdfs:label | - USS Dukes County (LST-735)
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rdfs:comment | - USS Dukes County (LST-735) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after Dukes County, Massachusetts, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. LST-735 was laid down on 30 January 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation of Neville Island; launched on 11 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. G. W. Fearnside; and commissioned on 26 April 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana with Lieutenant Theodore F. Aldous in command.
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Caption | - ROCS Kao Hsiung off Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2010.
- LST-735 off Wonsan, Korea c. 1953. A Sikorsky H-19 "Chickasaw" helicopter and a Sikorsky H-5 model sit atop her deck.
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Image | - LST-735 choppers on deck.jpg
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Ship caption | - LST-735 off Wonsan, Korea c. 1953
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abstract | - USS Dukes County (LST-735) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after Dukes County, Massachusetts, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. LST-735 was laid down on 30 January 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation of Neville Island; launched on 11 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. G. W. Fearnside; and commissioned on 26 April 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana with Lieutenant Theodore F. Aldous in command.
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