History
United States
Name	LST-716
Builder	Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.,Jeffersonville
Laid down	16 June 1944
Launched	24 July 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Nancy L. Duggins
Commissioned	18 August 1944
Decommissioned	12 June 1946
Stricken	12 March 1948
Identification	Callsign: NFST
Fate	Transferred toRepublic of China Navy, 7 February 1948
Taiwan
Name	Chung Chien (中建)
Acquired	7 February 1948
Commissioned	7 February 1948
Homeport	Kaohsiung
Identification	Hull number: LST-205
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	LST-542-classtank landing ship
Displacement	1,625long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoingdraft with 1,675short tons (1,520 t) load) 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length	328 ft (100 m)oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW)Electro-Motive Diesel12-567Adiesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk mainreduction gears 2 ×Propellers
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 xLCVPs
Capacity	1,600–1,900short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg)cargo depending on mission
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 ×20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Aviation facilities	Deck ashelipad

USSLST-716 was anLST-542-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. She was transferred to theRepublic of China Navy asROCSChung Chien (LST-205).^[1]

LST-716 waslaid down on 16 June 1944 atJeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.,Jeffersonville,Indiana.Launched on 24 July 1944 andcommissioned on 18 August 1944.

During World War II,LST-716 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation ofIwo Jima from 19 to 26 February andOkinawa Gunto from 2 May and 30 June 1945. Following the war,LST-716 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-September 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned and transferred toUnited States Army on 12 June 1946.

Under theLend-Lease Act, she was transferred to theRepublic of China on 7 February 1948, and served the ROC navy asChung Chien (LST-205).

LST-716 earned twobattle star for World War II service.^[2]

On 1 June 2018, ROCSChung Jian andROCS Chong He conducted a training maneuver.^[3]

• 
  USSLST-716 on 20 February 1945
• 
  ROCSChung Chien on 17 May 2013

• Photo Gallery-15 July 2017
• Photo gallery of USSLST-716 at NavSource Naval History

• LST-542-class tank landing ships
• 1944 ships
• Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of China Navy
• World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
• Naval ships of Operation Detachment

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