support measures and SPS-67 surface search radar. The LST was renamed Chung Ping and recommissioned into the ROCN on 8 May 1997. The ship was acquired by the Republic of China outright through the Security Assistance Program on 29 September 2000. The vessel was struck from the United States Naval Vessel Register on 23 July 2002. Citations References External links USS Sumter LST-1181 prior crew member site NavSource Newport-class tank landing ships Ships built in Philadelphia 1969 ships Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Newport-class tank landing ships of the Republic of China Navy Amphibious warfare vessels of the Republic of China