USS Wood County
tank landing ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USS Wood County
- IMO number
- 8450366
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- tank landing ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1959
- Builder
- American Ship Building Company
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USS Wood County
USS Wood County (LST-1178) was a De Soto County-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during the late 1950s. Named after counties in Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Wood County was designed under project SCB 119 and laid down on 1 October 1956, at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Company; launched on 14 December 1957; sponsored by Miss Margaret Ackerman, daughter of the president of the American Shipbuilding Company; and commissioned on 5 August 1959 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USS Wood County now?
- USS Wood County has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USS Wood County?
- USS Wood County is a tank landing ship, built in 1959 by American Ship Building Company.
- Who owns USS Wood County?
- USS Wood County is operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has USS Wood County been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USS Wood County appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).