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| Laid down: | 22 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 10 December 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 8 January 1944, as USS LST-512 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 March 1947 |
| Renamed: | 1 July 1955, as USS Burnett County |
| Struck: | 18 February 1957 |
| Fate: | Sold to Peru |
| Career | 
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| Acquired: | 11 October 1957 |
| Fate: | Still in service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Light: 1,625 tons, Full: 4,080 tons |
| Length: | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15.3 m) |
| Draft: | Light (forward): 2 ft 4 in, Light (aft): 7 ft 6 in, Sea-going (forward): 8 ft 3 in, Sea-going (aft): 14 ft 1 in, Landing (forward): 3 ft 11 in, Landing (aft): 9 ft 10 in |
| Propulsion: | 2 General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, 2 shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Range: | 9,500 nmi at 9 knots |
| Complement: | 9 officers, 120 enlisted |
| Capacity: | 1 × Landing Craft Tank, tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies, 14 officers, 131 enlisted troops |
| Boats: | 6 × LCVP |
| Armament: | 2 × Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors, 4 × Single 40MM gun mounts, 12 × single 20MM gun mounts |
| Aircraft: | 2 × helicopter (as Paita) |
USS Burnett County
USS Burnett County (LST-512) was laid down, 22 July 1943, at the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL. She was launched, 10 December 1943 and conducted her trial runs in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Sent to New Orleans, LA for her final fitting out she was commissioned as USS LST-512, 8 January 1944. She was immediately assigned to the European Theater of World War II where her key service was her participation in the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944 where she landed Allied troops and equipment and then embarked German POWs. Following the war LST-512 was decommissioned, 28 March 1947.
LST-512 received one battle star for her service in World War II.
While laid up she was renamed Burnett County, keeping her designation of LST-512 on 1 July 1955. Burnett County was struck from the Naval Register, 18 February 1957 and sold, 11 October 1957 to Peru.
BAP Paita
Renamed BAP Paita she was redesignated (AT-4) and commissioned in the Peruvian Navy. Modernized to include a helicopter deck in 1983 she was redesignated again as (DT-141). Reequipped with modern Zodiac landing boats the Paita participated in a joint United States military/Peru military amphibious training exercise in 2002, the largest such training exercise ever held by Peru. She is still in service.
See also
See the List of United States Navy LSTs for other ships of this type.
References
- Jane's Fighting Ships 1980-81
- NavSource Online Naval Archive
External links
- navsource.org: USS Burnett CountyNote: Non-public domain images of the USS Burnett County can be found here.
- usmc.mil: Peru's largest amphibious exercise to date