USS Dodge County

1944 LST-542-class tank landing ship

Dodge County arrives at Savannah, Georgia to off-load 1st Armored Division troops during the Cuban Missile Crisis in November–December 1962. (Photo taken from Duval County.)

History
United States
Name| USS LST-722
Builder| Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down| 15 July 1944
Launched| 21 August 1944
Commissioned| 13 September 1944
Decommissioned| 13 July 1946
Recommissioned| 16 November 1951
Decommissioned| 3 January 1956
Renamed| USS Dodge County (LST-722), 1 July 1955
Recommissioned| 1961
Decommissioned| October 1969
Stricken| 15 September 1974
Honours &
awards| 1 battle star (World War II)
Fate| Sold to Royal Thai Navy, 1 November 1975
Thailand
Name| HTMS Prathong
Namesake| Phra Thong Island
Acquired| 1 November 1975
Decommissioned| 2009
General characteristics
Class & type| LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement|

* 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) light
* 3,640 long tons (3,698 t) full

Length| 328 ft (100 m)
Beam| 50 ft (15 m)
Draft|

* Unloaded :
* 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward
* 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
* Loaded :
* 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward
* 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft

Propulsion| 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed| 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried| 2 LCVPs
Troops| Approximately 130 officers and enlisted men
Complement| 8–10 officers, 89–100 enlisted men
Armament|

* 8 × 40 mm guns
* 12 × 20 mm guns

USS Dodge County (LST-722) was an LST-542 class Landing Ship Tank, built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed USS Dodge County on the first of July 1955, for counties in Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, and was the only United States Navy vessel to bear the name.

LST-722 was laid down on the fifteenth of July 1944, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company. She was launched on August twenty-first, 1944, and sponsored by miss Rosemary Furey, before being commissioned on the thirteenth of September 1944.

## Service history

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During World War II, LST-722 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, and would go on to participate in the landings at Palawan, then Mindanao. LST-722 earned one battle star for World War II service, and following the war's end, performed occupation duty in the Far East, until April 1946. She was subsequently decommissioned on the thirteenth of July 1946.

Recommissioned on the sixteenth of November 1951, she was assigned to the Amphibious Force of the United States Atlantic Fleet. On July first, 1955, LST-722 was renamed USS Dodge County, but was decommissioned again a year later, on January third.

Dodge County was recommissioned once again in 1961, and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis from October to December of the following year. She was subsequently assigned, once again, to the Amphibious Force of the United States Atlantic Fleet. Dodge County was decommissioned again sometime in October 1969, ending her career in the United States Navy. On the fifteenth of September 1974, was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.

She was sold to Thailand under the Security Assistance Program on the first of November 1975, and renamed HTMS Prathong (Thai: เรือหลวงพระทอง). After serving as an amphibious warfare training ship for the Royal Thai Marine Corps, Prathong was decommissioned circa 2003; she was originally to be scrapped, but the order was superseded, and she was abandoned beside the village of Thung La-Ong, at approximately 9°2.602 N, 98° 19.375 E. In 2016 the USS Dodge County, LST 722 / HTMS Prathong was sunk of the coast of Thailand to serve as a diving reef.

## References

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

* "LST-722". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Archived from the original on 14 March 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
* "LST-722 Dodge County". NavSource. Retrieved 30 May 2007.

## See also

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* List of United States Navy LSTs

* v
* t
* e

LST-542-class tank landing ships

LST-542 – LST-599

* LST-542 / Chelan County
* LST-543
* LST-544
* LST-545
* LST-546 / T-LST-546
* LST-547
* LST-548 / T-LST-548
* LST-549
* LST-550 / T-LST-550
* LST-551 / Chesterfield County
* LST-552
* LST-553
* LST-554
* LST-555
* LST-556
* LST-557
* LST-558
* LST-559
* LST-560
* LST-561 / Chittenden County
* LST-562
* LST-563
* LST-564
* LST-565
* LST-566 / T-LST-566
* LST-567
* LST-568
* LST-569
* LST-570
* LST-571
* LST-572
* LST-573
* LST-574
* LST-575 / LST(M)-575 / Wythe
* LST-576
* LST-577
* LST-578
* LST-579
* LST-580
* LST-581
* LST-582
* LST-583 / Churchill County
* LST-584
* LST-585
* LST-586
* LST-587
* LST-588
* LST-589
* LST-590 / T-LST-590
* LST-591
* LST-592
* LST-593
* LST-594
* LST-595
* LST-596
* LST-597
* LST-598
* LST-599

LST-600 – LST-699

* LST-600
* LST-601 / Clarke County
* LST-602 / Clearwater County
* LST-603 / Coconino County
* LST-604 / Silenus
* LST-605
* LST-606
* LST-607 / T-LST-607
* LST-608
* LST-609
* LST-610
* LST-611 / Crook County
* LST-612
* LST-613 / T-LST-613
* LST-614
* LST-615
* LST-616
* LST-617
* LST-618
* LST-619
* LST-620
* LST-621
* LST-622
* LST-623 / T-LST-623
* LST-624
* LST-625
* LST-626
* LST-627
* LST-628
* LST-629
* LST-630
* LST-631
* LST-632
* LST-633
* LST-634
* LST-635
* LST-636
* LST-637
* LST-638
* LST-639
* LST-640
* LST-641
* LST-642
* LST-643
* LST-644 / Minos
* LST-645 / Minotaur
* LST-646
* LST-647
* LST-648
* LST-649
* LST-650 / Pandemus
* LST-651
* LST-652 / LST(H)-652 / T-LST-652
* LST-653
* LST-654
* LST-655
* LST-656
* LST-657 / T-LST-657
* LST-658
* LST-659
* LST-660
* LST-661
* LST-662
* LST-663
* LST-664
* LST-665
* LST-666
* LST-667
* LST-668
* LST-669
* LST-670
* LST-671
* LST-672
* LST-673
* LST-674
* LST-675
* LST-676 / LST(M)-676 / Yavapai
* LST-677 / LST(M)-677 / Yolo
* LST-678 / USS Presque Isle (APB-44)
* LST-679
* LST-680
* LST-681
* LST-682
* LST-683
* LST-684
* LST-685 / Curry County
* LST-686
* LST-687
* LST-688
* LST-689 / Daggett County
* LST-690
* LST-691
* LST-692 / Daviess County
* LST-693
* LST-694
* LST-695
* LST-696
* LST-697
* LST-698
* LST-699

LST-700 – LST-799

* LST-700
* LST-701
* LST-702
* LST-703
* LST-704
* LST-705
* LST-706
* LST-707
* LST-708
* LST-709
* LST-710 / Accomac
* LST-711
* LST-712
* LST-713
* LST-714
* LST-715 / DeKalb County
* LST-716
* LST-717
* LST-718
* LST-719
* LST-720
* LST-721
* LST-722 / Dodge County
* LST-723
* LST-724
* LST-725
* LST-726
* LST-727
* LST-728
* LST-729
* LST-730
* LST-731 / LST(H)-731 / Douglas County
* LST-732
* LST-733
* LST-734
* LST-735 / Dukes County
* LST-736
* LST-737
* LST-738
* LST-739
* LST-740
* LST-741
* LST-742 / Dunn County
* LST-743
* LST-744
* LST-745
* LST-746
* LST-747
* LST-748
* LST-749
* LST-750
* LST-751
* LST-752
* LST-753
* LST-754
* LST-755
* LST-756
* LST-757
* LST-758 / Duval County
* LST-759 / Eddy County
* LST-760
* LST-761 / Esmeraldo County
* LST-762 / Floyd County
* LST-763
* LST-764
* LST-765
* LST-766
* LST-767
* LST-768
* LST-769
* LST-770
* LST-771
* LST-772 / Ford County
* LST-773 / Antigone
* LST-774
* LST-775
* LST-776
* LST-777
* LST-778
* LST-779
* LST-780
* LST-781
* LST-782
* LST-783
* LST-784 / Garfield County
* LST-785
* LST-786 / Garrett County
* LST-787
* LST-788
* LST-789
* LST-790 / LST(H)-790
* LST-791
* LST-792
* LST-793
* LST-794 / Gibson County
* LST-795
* LST-796
* LST-797
* LST-798
* LST-799 / Greer County

LST-800 – LST-899

* LST-800
* LST-801
* LST-802 / Hamilton County
* LST-803 / Hampden County
* LST-804
* LST-805
* LST-806
* LST-807
* LST-808
* LST-809
* LST-810
* LST-811
* LST-812
* LST-813
* LST-814
* LST-815
* LST-816
* LST-817
* LST-818
* LST-819 / Hampshire County
* LST-820
* LST-821 / Harnett County
* LST-822 / Harris County
* LST-823
* LST-824 / Henry County
* LST-825 / Hickman County
* LST-826
* LST-827 / Hillsborough County
* LST-828
* LST-829
* LST-830
* LST-831
* LST-832
* LST-833
* LST-834
* LST-835 / Hillsdale County
* LST-836 / Holmes County
* LST-837
* LST-838 / Hunterdon County
* LST-839 / Iredell County
* LST-840 / Iron County
* LST-841
* LST-842
* LST-843
* LST-844
* LST-845 / Jefferson County
* LST-846 / Jennings County
* LST-847
* LST-848 / Jerome County
* LST-849 / Johnson County
* LST-850 / Juniata County
* LST-851
* LST-852 / Satyr
* LST-853 / Kane County
* LST-854 / Kemper County
* LST-855 / Kent County
* LST-856
* LST-857 / King County
* LST-858 / Stentor
* LST-859 / Lafayette County
* LST-860
* LST-861
* LST-862
* LST-863
* LST-864
* LST-865
* LST-866
* LST-867
* LST-868
* LST-869
* LST-870
* LST-871 / LST(H)-871
* LST-872
* LST-873
* LST-874
* LST-875
* LST-876
* LST-877
* LST-878
* LST-879
* LST-880 / Lake County
* LST-881
* LST-882
* LST-883 / La Moure County
* LST-884
* LST-885
* LST-886
* LST-887 / Lawrence County
* LST-888 / Lee County
* LST-889
* LST-890
* LST-891
* LST-892
* LST-893
* LST-894
* LST-895
* LST-896
* LST-897
* LST-898 / Lincoln County
* LST-899

LST-900 – LST-999

* LST-900 / Linn County
* LST-901 / Litchfield County
* LST-902 / Luzerne County
* LST-903 / Lyman County
* LST-904 / Lyon County
* LST-905 / Madera County
* LST-906
* LST-907
* LST-908
* LST-909
* LST-910
* LST-911
* LST-912 / Mahnomen County
* LST-913
* LST-914 / Mahoning County
* LST-915
* LST-916
* LST-917
* LST-918
* LST-919
* LST-920
* LST-921
* LST-922
* LST-923
* LST-924
* LST-925
* LST-926
* LST-927
* LST-928 / Cameron
* LST-929 / LST(H)-929
* LST-930 / LST(H)-930
* LST-931 / LST(H)-931
* LST-932
* LST-933
* LST-934
* LST-935
* LST-936
* LST-937
* LST-938 / Maricopa County
* LST-939
* LST-940
* LST-941
* LST-942
* LST-943
* LST-944
* LST-945
* LST-946
* LST-947
* LST-948 / Myrmidon
* LST-949 / LST(H)-949
* LST-950 / LST(H)-950
* LST-951 / LST(H)-951
* LST-952 / LST(H)-952
* LST-953 / Marinette County
* LST-954 / Numitor
* LST-955 / Patroclus
* LST-956 / Sarpedon
* LST-957
* LST-958
* LST-959
* LST-960
* LST-961
* LST-962 / Romulus
* LST-963 / Sphinx
* LST-964
* LST-965
* LST-966 / Callisto
* LST-967 / Ulysses
* LST-968
* LST-969
* LST-970
* LST-971 / Menelaus
* LST-972
* LST-973
* LST-974
* LST-975 / Marion County
* LST-976 / Telamon
* LST-977 / Alecto
* LST-978
* LST-979
* LST-980 / Meeker County
* LST-981
* LST-982
* LST-983 / Middlesex County
* LST-984
* LST-985
* LST-986
* LST-987 / Millard County
* LST-988 / Mineral County
* LST-989
* LST-990
* LST-991
* LST-992
* LST-993
* LST-994
* LST-995
* LST-996
* LST-997
* LST-998
* LST-999

LST-1000 – LST-1099

* LST-1000
* LST-1001
* LST-1002
* LST-1003 / Coronis
* LST-1004
* LST-1005
* LST-1006
* LST-1007
* LST-1008
* LST-1009
* LST-1010
* LST-1011
* LST-1012
* LST-1013
* LST-1014
* LST-1015
* LST-1016
* LST-1017
* LST-1018
* LST-1019
* LST-1020
* LST-1021
* LST-1022
* LST-1023
* LST-1024
* LST-1025
* LST-1026
* LST-1027
* LST-1028
* LST-1029
* LST-1030
* LST-1031
* LST-1032 / Monmouth County
* LST-1033 / LST(H)-1033
* LST-1034
* LST-1035
* LST-1036 / Creon
* LST-1037 / Poseidon
* LST-1038 / Monroe County
* LST-1039
* LST-1040
* LST-1041 / Montgomery County
* LST-1042
* LST-1043
* LST-1044
* LST-1045
* LST-1046
* LST-1047
* LST-1048 / Morgan County
* LST-1049
* LST-1050
* LST-1051
* LST-1052
* LST-1053
* LST-1054
* LST-1055
* LST-1056
* LST-1057
* LST-1058
* LST-1059
* LST-1060
* LST-1061
* LST-1062
* LST-1063
* LST-1064 / Nansemond County
* LST-1065
* LST-1066 / New London County
* LST-1067 / Nye County
* LST-1068 / Orange County
* LST-1069 / Orleans Parish
* LST-1070 / Electron
* LST-1071 / Ouachita County
* LST-1072 / T-LST-1072
* LST-1073 / Outagamie County
* LST-1074 / Overton County
* LST-1075
* LST-1076 / Page County
* LST-1077 / Park County
* LST-1078 / Proton
* LST-1079 / Payette County
* LST-1080 / Pender County
* LST-1081 / Pima County
* LST-1082 / Pitkin County
* LST-1083 / Plumas County
* LST-1084 / Polk County
* LST-1085 / Colington
* LST-1086 / Potter County
* LST-1087
* LST-1088 / Pulaski County
* LST-1089 / Rice County
* LST-1090 / Russell County
* LST-1091 / Sagadahoc County
* LST-1092 / Aventinus
* LST-1093 / Fabius
* LST-1094 / Chloris
* LST-1095 / Megara
* LST-1096 / St. Clair County
* LST-1097 / League Island
* LST-1098 / Laysan Island
* LST-1099 / Okala

LST-1100 – LST-1152

* LST-1100 / Palmyra
* LST-1101 / Saline County
* LST-1102 / Chimon
* LST-1103
* LST-1104
* LST-1105
* LST-1106
* LST-1107
* LST-1108
* LST-1109
* LST-1110 / San Bernardino County
* LST-1111 / Blackford
* LST-1112 / Dorchester
* LST-1113 / Kingman
* LST-1114 / Presque Isle (AKS-19) / Vandenburgh
* LST-1115 / Pentheus
* LST-1116 / Proserpine
* LST-1117 / Tantalus
* LST-1118 / Typhon
* LST-1119 / Diomedes
* LST-1120
* LST-1121 / Demeter
* LST-1122 / San Joaquin County
* LST-1123 / Sedgwick County
* LST-1124 / Amphitrite
* LST-1125 / Brontes
* LST-1126 / Snohomish County
* LST-1127 / Helios
* LST-1128 / Solano County
* LST-1129 / Somervell County
* LST-1130
* LST-1131 / Askari
* LST-1132 / Bellerophon
* LST-1133 / Chiron
* LST-1134 / Stark County
* LST-1135
* LST-1136 / Bellona
* LST-1137 / Chimaera
* LST-1138 / Steuben County
* LST-1139
* LST-1140
* LST-1141 / Stone County
* LST-1142 / Strafford County
* LST-1143 / Daedalus
* LST-1144 / Sublette County
* LST-1145 / Gordius
* LST-1146 / Summit County
* LST-1147 / Indra
* LST-1148 / Sumner County
* LST-1149 / Krishna
* LST-1150 / Sutter County
* LST-1151 / Quirinus
* LST-1152 / Sweetwater County

Other operators

Argentina (merchant marine)|

* Altamar (ex-Chiron)

Argentine Navy|

* Cabo San Bartolome (ex-LST-851)
* Cabo San Diego (ex-LST-995)
* Cabo San Francisco de Paula (ex-LST-998)
* Cabo San Gonzalo (ex-LST-872)
* Cabo San Isidro (ex-LST-919)
* Cabo San Pablo (ex-LST-994)
* BDT-8 (ex-LST-869)
* BDT-9 (ex-LST-1057)
* Cabo Pio (ex-LST-1044)
* Cabo San Sebastian (ex-LST-1108)
* BDT-12 (ex-LST-1104)
* Cabo Buen Tiempo (ex-LST-801)
* Cabo San Vincente (ex-LST-734)

Brazilian Navy|

* Belmonte (ex-Helios)
* Garcia D'Avila (ex–Outagamie County)

Chilean Navy|

* Aguila (ex-Aventinus)
* Comandante Hemmerdinger (ex–New London County)
* Comandante Araya (ex–Nye County)

Republic of China Navy|

* Chung Hai (ex-LST-755)
* Chung Chuan (ex-LST-640)
* Chung Hsing (ex-LST-557)
* Chung Chien (ex-LST-716)
* Chung Chi (ex-LST-1017)
* Chung Cheng (ex-LST-1075)
* Chung Shun (ex-LST-732)
* Chung Hsun (ex-LST-993)
* Chung Lien (ex-LST-1050)
* Chung Yung (ex-LST-574)
* Chung Sheng (ex-LST(H)-1033)
* Chung Kong (ex-LST-945)
* Chung Hai / Kao Hsiung (ex–Dukes County)
* Heng Shan / Chung Chuan (ex-LST-1030)
* Chung Fu (ex–Iron County)
* Chung Cheng (ex–Lafayette County)
* Chung Chiang (ex–San Bernardino County)
* Chung Chin (ex–Sagadahoc County)
* Chung Ming (ex–Sweetwater County)
* Chung Pang (ex–LST-578)
* Chung Yeh (ex–Sublette County)
* Chung Yeh (ex-LST-717)
* ex-LST(H)-929
* ex-LST-991
* ex-LST-993
* ex-LST-1008

People's Liberation Army Navy|

* Dabie Shan (ex-LST-1008)

Ecuadorian Navy|

* Hualcopo (ex–Summit County)

French Navy|

* Odet (ex-LST-815)
* Chélif (ex-LST-874)
* Adour (ex-LST-860)
* Golo (ex-LST-973)

German Navy|

* Odin (ex-Ulysses)
* Wotan (ex-Diomedes)
* Bamberg (ex–Greer County)
* Bochum (ex–Rice County)
* Bottrup (ex–Saline County)
* ex–Millard County
* ex–Montgomery County

Hellenic Navy|

* Ikaria (ex–Potter County)
* Kriti (ex–Page County)

Indonesian Navy|

* Tandjung Nusanive (ex–Lawrence County)
* Teluk Langsa (ex–Solano County)
* Teluk Bayur (ex-LST-616)
* Teluk Amboina
* Teluk Kau (ex-T-LST-652)
* Teluk Ratai (ex–Presque Isle (APB-44))
* Teluk Saleh (ex–Clarke County)
* Teluk Bone (ex–Iredell County)
* Jaya Wijaya (ex-Askari)
* Tandjung Radja (ex–Russell County)

Imperial Iranian Navy|

* Sohrab (ex-Gordius)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|

* Hayatomo (ex–Hamilton County)
* Ōsumi (ex–Daggett County)
* Shimokita (ex–Hillsdale County)
* Shiretoko (ex–Nansemond County)

Republic of Korea Navy|

* Duk Soo (ex-Minotaur)
* Un Bong (ex-LST-1010)
* Wi Bong (ex–Johnson County)
* Suyeong (ex–Kane County)
* Buk Han (ex–Linn County)
* Hwa San (ex–Pender County)

Royal Malaysian Navy|

* Sri Langkawi (ex–Hunterdon County)
* Sri Banggi (ex–Henry County)
* Rajah Jarom (ex–Sedgwick County)

Mexican Navy|

* Rio Panuco (ex–Park County)
* Manzanillo (ex–Clearwater County)
* Rio Grijalva (ex-Megara)

Royal Netherlands Navy|

* LST 2 / Pelikaan (ex–LST-627)
* LST 3 (ex–LST-1040)
* LST 4 (ex–LST-585)

Philippine Navy|

* Aklan / Kamagong (ex-Romulus)
* Narra (ex-Krishna)
* Yakal (ex–Vĩnh Long)
* Pampanga (ex-LST-842)
* Bulacan (ex-LST-843)
* Albay (ex-LST-865)
* Misamis Oriental (ex-LST-875)
* Agusan del Sur (ex–Nha Trang)
* Sierra Madre (ex–Mỹ Tho)
* Zamboanga de Sur (ex–Cam Ranh)
* Surigao del Sur (ex-LST-546)
* Cagayan (ex–Hickman County)
* Ilocos Norte (ex–Madera County)
* Lanao del Norte (ex-LST-566)
* Leyte del Sur (ex-LST-607)
* Davao Oriental (ex-Ōsumi)
* Benguet (ex–Daviess County)
* Aurora (ex–Harris County)
* Cavite (ex-Shimokita)
* Samar del Norte (ex-Shiretoko)
* Cotabato del Norte (ex–Orleans Parish)
* Tawi-Tawi (ex-T-LST-1072)
* Kalinga Apayao (ex–Cần Thơ)

Republic of Singapore Navy|

* Endurance (ex–Holmes County)
* Excellence (ex-LST-629)
* Intrepid (ex-LST-579)
* Resolution (ex-T-LST-649)
* Persistence (ex-LST-613)
* Perseverance (ex-T-LST-623)

Royal Thai Navy|

* Angthong (ex-LST-924)
* Chang (ex–Lincoln County)
* Pangan (ex–Stark County)
* Lanta (ex–Stone County)
* Prathong (ex–Dodge County)

Turkish Naval Forces|

* Onaran (ex-Alecto)
* Başaran (ex-Patroclus)
* Bayraktar (ex-Bottrup)
* Sancaktar (ex-Bochum)

Royal Navy (United Kingdom)|

* LST-1021

United States Army|

* FS-751 (ex-LST-1047)
* LST-694
* LST-715
* LST-742
* LST-883

Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela|

* Capana (ex-LST-907)
* Guayana (ex-Quirinus)

Republic of Vietnam Navy|

* Cam Ranh (ex–Marion County)
* Đà Nẵng (ex–Maricopa County)
* Vũng Tàu (ex–Coconino County)
* Nha Trang (ex–Jerome County)
* Mỹ Tho (ex–Harnett County)
* Cần Thơ (ex–Garrett County)
* Vĩnh Long (ex-Satyr)

Vietnam People's Navy|

* Trần Khánh Dư (ex–Đà Nẵng)
* HQ-503 (ex-Vũng Tàu)

* Preceded by: LST-491 class
* Followed by: Talbot County class

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