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USS Wood County

Naval vessel · built 1959

IMO8450366No AIS position on record

In short

USS Wood County (Naval vessel) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type
Naval vessel
Flag
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Year built
1959
Gross tonnage
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Size (length × beam)
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Registered owner
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Photo of USS Wood County
Photo: U.S. Navy. The original uploader was Mdhennessey at English Wikipedia.. Later version(s) were uploaded by Cobatfor at en.wikipedia, 2007-07-04 (first version); 2014-09-20 (last version). · Licence: Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name
USS Wood County
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
8450366
Flag
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Vessel type
Naval vessel
Length overall
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Beam
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Year built
1959

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Ownership & management

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Operator
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Builder
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

About USS Wood County

USS Wood County (LST-1178) was a De Soto County-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during the late 1950s. Named after counties in Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Wood County was designed under project SCB 119 and laid down on 1 October 1956, at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Company; launched on 14 December 1957; sponsored by Miss Margaret Ackerman, daughter of the president of the American Shipbuilding Company; and commissioned on 5 August 1959 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is USS Wood County now?
Voydar has no displayable AIS position for USS Wood County in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is USS Wood County?
USS Wood County is a naval vessel, built in 1959 by American Ship Building Company.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for USS Wood County?
Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for USS Wood County from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for USS Wood County. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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