USS Wahkiakum County

	USS Wahkiakum County (LST-1162)
History
United States
Name	USS Wahkiakum County
Namesake	Wahkiakum County in Washington
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	21 July 1952
Launched	23 January 1953
Commissioned	13 August 1953
Decommissioned	16 October 1970
In service	with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from 10 April 1972 to 11 January 1973 or 11 November 1973
Renamed	USS Wahkiakum County 1 July 1955 (previously USS LST-1162); Became USNS Wahkiakum County 10 April 1972;
Reclassified	T-LST-1162 10 April 1972
Stricken	11 January 1973 or 11 November 1973
Fate	Laid up 1973; Transferred to Maritime Administration for lay-up in National Defense Reserve Fleet 29 July 1992; Sold for scrapping 22 June 2005;
Notes	In commissioned service as USS LST-1162 1953-1955 and as USS Wahkiakum County (LST-1162) 1955-1970; in non-commissioned service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Wahkiakum County (T-LST-1162) 1972-1973
General characteristics
Class & type	LST-1156-(Terrebonne Parish-) class landing ship tank
Displacement	2,590 tons (light); 5,800 tons (full)
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4.48 MW)
Propulsion	Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers
Speed	14 knots
Boats & landing; craft carried	3 x landing craft, vehicle, personnel LCVPs, 1 x landing craft personnel (large) LCPL
Troops	395 (15 officers, 380 enlisted men)
Complement	205 (16 officers, 189 enlisted men)
Armor	3 × twin 3 in (76 mm) dual-purpose gun mounts; 5 × single 20 mm antiaircraft gun mounts;

USS Wahkiakum County (LST-1162), previously USS LST-1162, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1970, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Wahkiakum County (T-LST-1162) from 1972 to 1973.