ROCS Chung Chi
History
United States
NameLST-1017
BuilderBethlehem Steel Co., Quincy
Laid down25 March 1944
Launched25 April 1944
Commissioned12 May 1944
Decommissioned29 June 1946
Stricken12 March 1948
Identification
FateTransferred to Republic of China, 1946
Taiwan
Name
  • Chung Chi
  • (中基)
Acquired14 December 1946
Commissioned14 December 1946
Decommissioned1 September 1990
IdentificationHull number: LST-206
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length328 ft (100 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Unloaded :
  • 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward
  • 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Loaded :
  • 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward
  • 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
Propulsion2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × LCVPs
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-1017 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Chung Chi (LST-206).[1]

Construction and commissioning

LST-1017 was laid down on 25 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 25 April 1944 and commissioned on 12 May 1944.[2]

Service in United States Navy

LST-1017 on 19 June 1945

During World War II, LST-1017 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She then participated in the Morotai landings on 15 September 1944 and Leyte landings from 5 to 18 November 1944. In 1945, she took part in the Lingayen Gulf landing from 4 to 17 January, the Mindanao Island landing from 17 to 23 April, Transporting Australian Troops ex Cairns (Queensland) on 27 May, disembarked Morotai 13 June 1945 and Balikpapan operation from 26 June to 9 July. She was assigned to occupation and China from 20 October 1945 to 29 June 1946.[1]

She was decommissioned on 29 June 1946 and struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948 after she was transferred to the Republic of China on 14 December 1946.[2]

Service in Republic of China Navy

Chung Chi was decommissioned on 1 September 1990.[3]

Awards

LST-1017 have earned the following awards:

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "LST-1017". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ↑ 2021.04.01 LST-208中訓軍艦除役塗銷舷號, retrieved 21 August 2021

Sources

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