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|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:USSYorkCounty.jpg|300px]] '''USS ''York County'' (LST-1175)''' <br/>
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| History 
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|Ordered:
| 1955
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|Laid down:
| [[June 4]], 1956
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|Launched:
| [[March 5]], 1957
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|Commissioned:
| [[November 8]], 1957
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|Decommissioned:
| [[July 17]], 1972
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|Struck:
| [[July 17]], 1972
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|Fate:
| Transferred to Italy as ''Nave Caorle'' (L-8991). Scrapped after 10 years.
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General characteristics
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|Displacement:
| 3,560 tons std, 7,823 tons full
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|Length:
| 445 ft
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|Beam:
| 62 ft
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|Draft:
| 16 ft, 8 in
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|Propulsion:
| 6 Nordburg diesel engines, 2 shafts, controllable pitch
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|Speed:
| 17.5 knots
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|Range:
| Unknown
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|Complement:
| 170 (14 officers, 172 enlisted), 410 embarked troops
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|Armament:
| 3 twin 3-inch/50 Mk33 guns
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'''USS ''York County'' (LST-1175)''' was a ''Suffolk County'' class [[LST]] that served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1956 to 1972. She was named after counties in [[York County, Maine|Maine]], [[York County, Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[York County, Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[York County, South Carolina|South Carolina]], and [[York County, Virginia|Virginia]].

The ''Suffolk County'' class LST had greater speed and troop capacity than earlier LSTs. It was considered the ultimate design attainable with traditional bow door configuration. The design featured a high degree of habitability with all crew and troop spaces air conditioned. It could carry 28 medium tanks or vehicles to 75 tons on its 288-foot-long tank deck.