USS LST-563

The USS "Maricopa County" (LST-938) was an sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-563 was laid down on 4 March 1944 at Evansville, Indiana by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 1 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. N. E. Senescall; and commissioned on 20 May 1944 with Lieutenant J. B. Hockswender, USNR, in command. During World War II, LST-563 was grounded on Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific, 670 miles southwest of Mexico, on 21 December 1944 and suffered extensive damage. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to free her, LST-563 was stripped and abandoned on 9 February 1945. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 23 February 1945.

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* cite web|title=LST-563|work=Amphibious Photo Archive
url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160563.htm|accessdate=June 26|accessyear=2007

ee also

* List of United States Navy LSTs
* List of United States Navy losses in World War II

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