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USS SUMTER was the third NEWPORT - class Tank Landing Ship. Decommissioned on September 30, 1993, the SUMTER was transfered to the Taiwanese Navy in 1997. There she was recommissioned as CHUNG PING.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: December 29, 1965 |
| Keel laid: November 14, 1967 | |
| Launched: December 13, 1969 | |
| Commissioned: June 20, 1970 | |
| Decommissioned: September 30, 1993 | |
| Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn. | |
| Propulsion system: 6 diesels; 16,000 horsepower; bow thruster | |
| Propellers: two and one bow thruster screw | |
| Length: 522 feet (159 meters) | |
| Length over derrick arms: 561 feet (171 meters) | |
| Beam: 70 feet (21.2 meters) | |
| Draft: 17,4 feet (5.3 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 8500 tons | |
| Speed: 20 knots | |
| Aircraft: helicopter platform only | |
| Armament: one | |
| Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SUMTER. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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