USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192)
- USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192)
USS "Spartanburg County" (LST-1192) was a United States Navy "Newport" class tank landing ship.
"Spartanburg County" (LST-1192) (q.v.) was named after a county in South Carolina. She was laid down on 7 February 1970 at San Diego, Calif., by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; launched on 7 November 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Neville Holcombe; and commissioned on 1 September 1971, Comdr. P. R. Royse in command.
Following commissioning, "Spartanburg County" transited the Panama Canal to her new home port, Little Creek, Va., where she was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet. Here, the tank landing ship commenced an operating cycle consisting of amphibious training exercises along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean interspersed with scheduled deployments to the Mediterranean. "Spartanburg County" maintained this cycle into 1980.
Fate
"Spartanburg County" was decommissioned and struck December 16 1994. She was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned, to Malaysia as RMN KD "Sri Inderapura" (L-1505) on December 16 1994.
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References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s16/spartanburg_countylst-1192.htm
*NVR|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LST1192.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/161192.htm NavSource]
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