USS Cheboygan County

USS Cheboygan County (LST-533) was an LST-491-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-533 was laid down on 29 September 1943 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 1 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. D. Peoples; and commissioned on 27 January 1944.

The ship was decommissioned on 1 December 1955, recommissioned on 18 November 1961, and performed duties for the Service Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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LST-310 (2nd LST from the right) along with other ships putting cargo ashore on one of the invasion beaches, at low tide during the first days of the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Among identifiable ships present are Chase County (LST-532) (in the center of the view); LST-262 (3rd LST from right); LST-533 (partially visible at far right); and LST-524 . Note the barrage balloons overhead and Army " half-track " convoy forming up on the beach.