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USS ''Harlan County'' (LST-1196) was a United States Navy tank landing ship of the ''Newport''-class. ''Harlan County'' (LST-1196) was named after Harlan County, Kentucky as reflected in her unit patch. Her keel was laid on 7 November 1970 at San Diego, California by the National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. She launched on 24 July 1971, was sponsored by Mrs. Richard Capen, and was commissioned on 8 April 1972 with Commander Vernon C. Smith in command. She was decommissioned in 1996 and transferred to Spain. Her Spanish service ended in 2012 and in 2013 it was reported that she would be sold to Angola as part of a package with the Príncipe de Asturias. ==Service history== Following commissioning, ''Harlan County'' was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, and transited the Panama Canal en route to her home port at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. The crew of the ''Harlan County'' affectionately nicknamed her the "Darlin' Harlan", "Supergator", and "the Golden Gator". Over her career, the ''Harlan County'' routinely deployed to the Mediterranean, Western Africa, and South America, while also conducting amphibious training operations along the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean. The ''Harlan County'' served during several notable actions during her career: she was stationed off the coast of Lebanon in 1983 when the Marine barracks in Beirut was bombed; several of her crew volunteered for a "Search and Rescue Detail." In 1990 the USS ''Harlan County'' helped reestablish US Navy cooperation with Argentina; she was the first US Navy ship to make an official port visit to Buenos Aires since the Falklands War. On 11 October 1993, the ''Harlan County'' was sent to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to pave the way for an agreed-upon UN intervention. However, she was ordered back to sea a day later in the face of protests; locals reportedly chanted "Somalia, Somalia," leading her captain to leave port without landing the U.S. and Canadian soldiers aboard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Chapter 2: Haiti: A Chronology of Events ) 〕 The ''Harlan County'' was decommissioned on 14 April 1995 and was temporarily leased to Spain, where she was re-christened as the ''Pizarro'' (L-42) in the Spanish Navy. In 1999 the US Government finally sold the ''Harlan County'' to Spain; the ship was decommissioned by the Spanish Navy on 14 December 2012. In December 2013 it was reported that she would be sold to Angola as part of a package with the Príncipe de Asturias. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Harlan County (LST-1196)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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