USS Sumter (LST 1181)

- decommissioned -

USS SUMTER was the third NEWPORT - class Tank Landing Ship. Decommissioned on September 30, 1993, the SUMTER was transfered to the Taiwanese Navy in 1997. There she was recommissioned as CHUNG PING.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 29, 1965
	Keel laid: November 14, 1967
	Launched: December 13, 1969
	Commissioned: June 20, 1970
	Decommissioned: September 30, 1993
	Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn.
	Propulsion system: 6 diesels; 16,000 horsepower; bow thruster
	Propellers: two and one bow thruster screw
	Length: 522 feet (159 meters)
	Length over derrick arms: 561 feet (171 meters)
	Beam: 70 feet (21.2 meters)
	Draft: 17,4 feet (5.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 8500 tons
	Speed: 20 knots
	Aircraft: helicopter platform only
	Armament: one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 3-inch/.50-caliber guns
	Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SUMTER. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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