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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Since 1918, 3 navy ships person utilized the sanction Fresno - but lone 1 was named aft the county, Fresno County wrote connected societal media connected Monday.
Officials accidental that the 3 ships were named USS Fresno, but of those three, the LST-1182 was named aft the county. In the societal media post, it explains that the vessel was called USS Fresno but the authoritative designation sanction was LST-1182, which stands for Landing Ship Tank. The vessel was built successful 1968 successful San Diego.
According to Fresno County, the vessel was commissioned into the Navy successful 1969. The vessel was homeported to San Diego and assigned to the Pacific Fleet's Amphibious Force. It saw extended work during the Vietnam War and earned 2 conflict stars.
Officials accidental the Fresno was decommissioned connected April 8, 1993, and connected Sept. 14, 2014, it was utilized arsenic a people vessel and sunk. The USS Fresno present rests 18,000 feet underwater successful an country northeast of Guam.
