La Moure County II (LST-1194)
1971-2000
La Moure County (LST-1194) was laid down on 22 May 1970 at National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 13 February 1971; delivered to the Navy on 1 December 1971 and commissioned on 18 December 1971.
She transited the Panama Canal en route to her home port, Little Creek, Va., where she was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet. The tank landing ship alternated amphibious training operations along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean with deployments to northern European waters and to the Mediterranean.
La Moure County was decommissioned on 17 November 2000 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day [17 November 2000). Ultimately, she was disposed-of, in a fleet training exercises, expended as a target, on 10 July 2001.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
25 October 2023
