Laid down at the shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy,
Massachusetts, USA, on 22 February 1944, launched on 29 March, commissioned as
LST 1010 25 April,. A LST=Tank Landing Ship handed over by the USA to South
Korea on 22 March 1955, stricken from the USN navy list on 15 November 1974,
pennant changed into 671 on 1 June 1978 and finally decommissioned on 2005.
Displacement 1.626 (light)-2.366 beaching)-4.080 (full load) tons, cargo
capacity 2.100 tons and as dimensions 103.6 (waterline)-107.5(over all) x 16.4
x 4.6 metres
or 316’-318’
x 50’ x 14’. Crew in South Korean
service around 80-110 men, in US navy service 117. Able to transport 163
soldiers. The armament in South Korean service consisted around 1977 of
8/10-4cm anti aircraft guns, around 2002 of 2x2-4cm anti aircraft guns, 4x1-4cm
anti aircraft guns, 2x1-2cm anti aircraft guns, in US Navy Second World War
service 2x2-4cm guns, 4x1-4cm guns and 12x1-2cm guns. The diesels supplied
1.700 bhp allowing with the two shafts a speed of 11,6 knots.
