>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1969) Vol. 4, p.117.





LINN COUNTY





	Counties in Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon.





LST-900

Displacement:  1,625 t. 

Length:  328’

Beam:  50’

Draft:  14’1”

Speed:  12 k.

Complement:  119

Armament:  8 40mm; 12 20mm

Class:  LST-511



	LST-900 was laid down by Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., 

1 October 1944; launched 9 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. 

Felix R. Konkle; and commissioned at New Orleans, La., 

6 January 1945, Lt. Neil A. McClaflin in command.



	After completing shakedown off Florida, she loaded 

cargo at New Orleans and sailed for the west coast 

9 February.  Arriving San Francisco 6 March, she departed 2 

days later for Pearl Harbor where she arrived the 17th and 

began amphibious landing exercises.  She cleared Hawaii 

24 May; steamed in convoy via Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan; 

and reached Okinawa, Ryukyus, 26 June.  During the next 2 

weeks, she discharged cargo and ammunition at Okinawa and 

Kerama Retto, and, after embarking medical officers and 

corpsmen, sailed for the Marianas 10 July.  She arrived Guam 

the 16th, thence steamed to Saipan to transport Seabees to 

the Ryukyus.  She debarked her passengers at Ie Shima 

7 August and departed for Saipan 2 days before the end of 

hostilities.



	Between 3 and 9 September, LST-900 steamed from Saipan 

to Leyte Gulf, Philippines.  On the 19th, she reached 

Batangas, Luzon and after embarking Army engineers departed 

in convoy for Japan 29 September.  She reached Tokyo Bay 

17 October and discharged occupation troops at Yokohama the 

next day.  On the 28th, she departed for the Marianas where 

she embarked troops at Guam for transfer to the United 

States.  Steaming via Pearl Harbor, she reached Seattle, 

Wash., 15 December.



	LST-900 operated along the west coast during the next 

few months and decommissioned 15 May 1946.  While berthed in 

the Columbia River with ships of the Pacific Reserve Fleet, 

she was named LINN COUNTY 1 July 1955.  She was transferred 

to the Republic of Korea 2 December 1958, and now serves the 

Korean Navy as BUK HAN (LST-815).



	LST-900 received one battle star for World War II 

service.



	[Subsequently renumbered to LST-678, BUK HAN was 

purchased outright on 15 November 1974.  She was still on 

active duty in the South Korean Navy as of May 1999.]



Internet Web Site:

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Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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