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USS LST-860

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - November - Tango
NINT

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LST-860 was transferred to France and named MV I. G. Pouyanne later RFS Adour (L9007)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 23 September 1944, at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 19 December 1944

Commissioned USS LST-860, 13 January 1945, LT Richard V. Robinson USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-860 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirty -Two, CAPT. D.J. Sweeny;
LST Group Ninety-Four, CDR. E. Roughton USN;
LST Division One Hundred Eighty-Seven and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 May to 30 June 1945

Decommissioned, 1 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946

USS LST-860 earned one battle star for World War II service

Sold for operation, 19 March 1948, to Mechanical Equipment Export Co.

Resold to France, reflagged French, named MV I. G. Pouyanne assigned to the French Navy and placed in commercial service

Commissioned into the Republic of France Navy as RFS Adour (L9007), circa 1948

Damaged by explosion and beached at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951

Repaired and returned to service circa 1955

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

Length 328' o.a.

Beam 50'

Draft

light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft

sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft

landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 officers

104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers

147 enlisted

Boats 2 LCVP

Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)

Typical loads

One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck

Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting

Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

4 - Single 40MM gun mounts

12 single 20MM gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

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I. G. Pouyanne
	246k	Ex-USS LST-860 in French naval service operating as the unarmed merchant vessel MV Pouyanne at Saigon, French Indochina, circa 1948-49.
	54k	MV Pouyanne moored pierside, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Jean Leconte, Q/M bossman RFS Adour.	André Pilon quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo
	139k	MV Pouyanne crew photo, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Jean Leconte, Q/M bossman RFS Adour.	André Pilon quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo
	123k	MV Pouyanne under way in Along Bay, French-Indochina, circa 1848 passing near le Chandelier (candle stick) rock. Photo courtesy Jean Leconte, Q/M bossman RFS Adour.	André Pilon quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo
	123k	MV Pouyanne under way in Along Bay, French-Indochina, circa 1848. Photo courtesy Jean Leconte, Q/M bossman RFS Adour.	André Pilon quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo
RFS Adour (L9007)
	34k	*RFS Adour* (L9007)** ships plaque.	André Pilon quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo
	75k	Ex-USS LST-860 in French naval service as *RFS Adour* (L9007)** underway, date and location unknown. Photo Marine National	Robert Hurst
	157k	*RFS Adour* (L9007) alongside seaplane tender RFS Paul Goffeny (A754) during French Vietnam War. Adour** exploded while at Nhatrang in 1950.	André Pilon quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo
	60k	Quartermaster (carpenter) Remy Marie RFS Chélif standing on the beach in front of the remains of RFS Adour at Nhatrang in 1951, .	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Michel Marie for his father Quartermaster (carpenter) Remy Marie RFS Chélif
	24k	The remains of RFS Adour on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951 with the French Navy Patrol Vessel *P733* alongside taking on fuel from the hulk. *Adour* exploded on the beach, 17 May 1951 with the loss of 24 sailors and 59 soldiers.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia P733.
	84k	The remains of RFS Adour on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in May 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy EV denis Martin RFS Chélif
	34k	The hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia GC4
	41k	French Patrol Craft *P-33* alongside the hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia P-33
	52k	The hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia P-33
	52k	The hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia P-33
	67k	French Patrol Craft P-33 alongside the hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia P-33
	46k	The hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam in 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Adrien Beccia P-33
	108k	The hulk *RFS Adour* (L9007)** on the beach at Nhatrang, Vietnam, circa 1951.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy Jean-Luc Didier. whose Uncle Robert Didier died in Vietnam, aboard LSSL-105, 14 February 1956.
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	93k	The hulk of *RFS Adour* (L9007)** at Nhatrang, Vietnam, circa 1951.	André Pilon
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	262k	The hulk of *RFS Adour* (L9007) at Nhatrang, Vietnam, circa 1952. Photos by Denis Martin gunnery officer RFS Chélif (L9006)**	André Pilon
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	53k	*RFS Adour* (L9007)** underway at Saigon after having her bow replaced, date unknown. Photo Marine National	Robert Hurst
	79k	*RFS Adour* (L9007)** moored at Haïphong, Vietnam in 1955 after being pulled from the beach at Nhatrang and having her bow replaced.	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy René Collier Quartermaster (machinist)
	90k	*RFS Adour* (L9007)** moored at Haïphong, Vietnam in 1955	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy René Collier Quartermaster (machinist)
	93k	*RFS Adour* (L9007)** moored at Saigon, Vietnam in 1955	Submitted by André Pilon Quartermaster (signalman) RFS Golo Courtesy René Collier Quartermaster (machinist)