File:LST 759, 1944, Crew Photograph.jpg File:LST 759 ashore in Pacific theater.jpg|module= |module2= }} USS Eddy County (LST-759) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in New Mexico and North Dakota, she was the only U.S. naval vessel to bear the name. LST-759 was laid down on 11 June 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company; launched on 29 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Norman Buckle Obbard; and commissioned on 25 August 1944 with Lieutenant John A. Baybutt, USCGR, in command.
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| - File:LST 759, 1944, Crew Photograph.jpg File:LST 759 ashore in Pacific theater.jpg|module= |module2= }} USS Eddy County (LST-759) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in New Mexico and North Dakota, she was the only U.S. naval vessel to bear the name. LST-759 was laid down on 11 June 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company; launched on 29 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Norman Buckle Obbard; and commissioned on 25 August 1944 with Lieutenant John A. Baybutt, USCGR, in command.
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| - LST-759 in San Francisco Bay, c. 1945-1946
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| - File:LST 759, 1944, Crew Photograph.jpg File:LST 759 ashore in Pacific theater.jpg|module= |module2= }} USS Eddy County (LST-759) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in New Mexico and North Dakota, she was the only U.S. naval vessel to bear the name. LST-759 was laid down on 11 June 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company; launched on 29 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Norman Buckle Obbard; and commissioned on 25 August 1944 with Lieutenant John A. Baybutt, USCGR, in command.
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