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SYROS (L-144) class

Country of Origin: Greece


 SYROS class TANK LANDING SHIPS (LST) (ex-U.S. LST-1/511 classes)

 Pendant     Pendant   Launched          Commissioned   Status
 KRITI       L-171     April 14, 1945    May 1, 1945    Stricken
   (ex-USS PAGE COUNTY, LST-1076)

Last survivor of five U.S. tank landing ships of World War II transferred to Greece was transferred between May 1960 and March 1971. KRITI was purchased outright on July 11, 1978. Entire class replaced by the new JASON class LSTs.

None of the class is...

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