Keywords: LST-32 launch 22 May 1943.jpg Launch of the U S Navy tank landing ship LST-32 on 22 May 1943 at the Dravo Corporation Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA LST-32 was commissioned on 12 July 1943 On 1 July 1955 the ship was named USS Alameda County LST-32 After serving as AVB-1 Advance Aviation Base Ship from 1957 to 1962 it was sold to Italy and finally decommissioned on 1 August 1973 LOC-image fsa 8e01507 1943-05-22 United States Office of War Information Overseas Picture Division Washington Division frame removed PD-USGov LST-32 ship 1943 Ship launchings |