USS LST-1030

ROCS Chung Chuan
History
United States
NameLST-1030
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Boston
Laid down27 May 1944
Launched25 June 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Irene M. O'Brien
Commissioned19 July 1944
Decommissioned29 May 1946
Stricken12 March 1948
Identification
Honors and
awards		See Awards
FateTransferred to the Republic of China, 1948
Taiwan
Name
  • Chung Chuan
  • (中權)
Acquired17 February 1948
Commissioned17 February 1948
Decommissioned27 May 2009
IdentificationHull number: LST-221
FateSunk as target, 2018
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-1030 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 Chuan (LST-221).[1]

Construction and commissioning

LST-1030 was laid down on 27 May 1944 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. Launched on 25 June 1944 and commissioned on 19 July 1944.

Service in the United States Navy

During World War II, LST-1030 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She then participated in the Lingayen Gulf landing on 9 January 1945 and Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from 1 April to 30 June 1945. She was assigned to occupation and China from 12 September 1945 to 29 May 1946.[1]

She was decommissioned on 29 May 1946 and struck from the Naval Register on 12 March 1948 after she was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Chung Chaun (LST-202).[2]

Service in the Republic of China Navy

Her original pennant number was LST-202, and it was changed to the logistics fleet repair ship in September 1952 with the number ARL-335.

She was later renamed ROCS Heng Shan (ARL-335) in August 1953.

Her name changed back to Chung Chuan in January 1958 with pennant number LST-221.

In November 1994, she underwent refit at the Hai No. 4 Factory.

On 16 July 2018, she was used as a target ship and was sunk off Lanyu by the Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile.[3][4]

Awards

LST-1033 have earned the following awards:

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "231 中業艦". 新浪部落. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "海軍雄三射訓紀錄曝光 飛彈2.4馬赫高速命中目標 | 軍事 | 要聞 | 聯合新聞網". 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "國軍公布雄三射擊過程 71秒擊中47公里外靶艦 | 政治 | 中央社 CNA". 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

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