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USS Pitkin County (LST-1082)
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USS LST-1082 (1945 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - November - Alpha
NANA
Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Glenn Hill (M)ike, 1969-1970

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korea Service Medal (3) - Vietnam Service Medal (10) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (27)
Fifth Row - United Nations Korea Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 18 November1944, at American Bridge Co. Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 26 January 1945

Commissioned, USS LST-1082, 7 February 1945, at Naval Repair Base, Algiers, LA., LT. John B. Cameron, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-1082 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Two, CDR. D. J. Sweeny (23);
LST Group Ninety-Five, CDR. J. Capponi;
LST Division One Hundred Ninety and participated in the following campaign:

Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 8 to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-1082 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
8 September to 1 October 1945
15 to 28 October 1945
10 November to 10 December 1945

Decommissioned, 7 August 1946, at Astoria, OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria

Recommissioned at Astoria, 6 September 1950, LCDR. John E. Chadwick, USNR, in command

During The Korean War USS LST-1082 participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Korean War
First UN Counter Offensive 10 to 20 March 1951	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 13 to 17 May 1952 2 to 6 June 1952 13 June 1952 11 August 1952 27 August to 4 September 1952 20 to 23 September 1952 17 to 18 October 1952
Communist China Spring Offensive 28 April to 1 May 1951 9 to 12 May 1951

Named USS Pitkin County (LST-1082), 1 July 1955

Decommissioned, 1 September 1955, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Flee, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 9 July 1966, at Long Beach CA., LT. C. E. Quarles in command

During the Vietnam War USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) served continuously in country and in contiguous waters, with the exception of overhaul periods, from late 1968 to early 1971 participating in the following campaigns. (Dates listed do not include underway transit times within the contiguous waters along the Vietnam coast as defined by the US Navy and so specified by the Vietnam Service Medal.)

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam War
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II 22 to 23 December 1966 13 to 20 February 1967 26 February to 15 April 1967	Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI 2 to 24 November 1968 6 to 24 December 1968 3 to 4 January 1969 6 to 7 January 1969 10 to 11 January 1969 16 January 1969 19 to 23 January 1969
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III 17 June to 21 July 1967 13 September to 5 October 1967 21 to 25 October 1967 8 December 1967 to 17 January 1968	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 1 July 1969 1 August 1969 5 August 1969 7 to 8 August 1969 10 to 11 August 1969 13 to 16 August1969 27 August 1969 25 to 26 September 1969 28 September 1969 20 to 21 October 1969
Tet Counteroffensive 3 to 5 February 1968 12 to 17 February 1968	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 3 to 5 November 1969 7 to 9 November 1969 21 to 23 November 1969 29 to 30 November 1969 23 to 25 February 1970 28 February to 1 March 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV 15 April to 7 May 1968 29 May to 30 June 1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 to 3 June 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V 09-October to 1 November 1968	Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII 20 November 1970 to 11 January 1971 1 to 4 March 1971

Decommissioned, 1 September 1971

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1975

USS LST-1082 earned one battle star for World War II service, three battle stars for Korean War service and as USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Sold for scrapping, 19 December 1975, by DRMS (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service)

Resold to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, CA. and taken in hand by Marine Industries, Tacoma, WA. for conversion for commercial use

Sold to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd,, Singapore (Lauritz Kloster, Norway) in 1975 and renamed MV LST 4

Arrived at Piraeus, Greece having been acquired by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A., Panama (Greek flag) and renamed Petrola 144, 6 June 1978

Entered service, 26 October 1980: Entered service

Arrived at the ship breakers at Gadani Beach, Pakistan for demolition, 16 April 1988.

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

3,650 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

Length 328' o.a.

Beam 50½'

Draft

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

sea-going 7' 2" fwd, 13' 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

8 officers

89 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST-1082
	516k	*LST-1082* being side launching into the Ohio River, 26 January 1945, at American Bridge Co. Ambridge, PA	Charles B Cameron in honor of his father CDR. John Beverly Cameron USNR, CO USS LST-1082
	305k	USS LST-1082 underway, date and location unknown.	Charles B Cameron in honor of his father CDR. John Beverly Cameron USNR, CO USS LST-1082
	320k	USS LST-1082 dry docked, probably at Pearl Harbor in 1945. The officer on the left is the commanding officer, LCDR. John B. Cameron.	Charles B Cameron in honor of his father CDR. John Beverly Cameron USNR, CO USS LST-1082
	55k	USS LST-1082 with pontoons lashed to her side, at anchor opposite a small fishing village near Sasebo, Japan, 23 September 1945.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide #20
	51k	Left to right; USS LSM-344, USS LST-1074 and USS LST-1082 in Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan. Japanese Seaplane Base is at the left center of this photo.	Richard W. Friedrich F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide #19
1016108207	236k	USS LST-1082 underway in port, date and location unknown. US National Archives photo # USN 1045549, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Smolinski
	70k	USS LST-1082 underway at San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
USS Pitkin County (LST-1082)
	27k	*USS Pitkin County* (LST-1082)** underway, date and place unknown.	LST Home Port web site
	19k	*USS Pitkin County* (LST-1082)** tied up along side USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) someplace in Vietnam, circa late 1968.	©Jim Stock
	223k	USS LST-1082 underway, in the harbor at Hong Kong, circa May 1970.	Bob Behm

USS Pitkin County (LST-1082)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
History of USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) - Mobile Riverine Force Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Cameron, John Beverly (Bev), USNR	7 February 1945 - May 1946
02	LTjg. Benevento, Richard Vincent, USNR	May 1946 - June 1946
03	LTjg. Vosatka, George J., USNR	June 1946 - 7 August 1946
	Decommissioned	7 August 1946 - 6 September 1950
04	LCDR. Chadwick, John E., USNR	6 September 1950 - ?
	Decommissioned	1 September 1955 - 9 July 1966
05	LT. Quarles, Clifford Ellis, USN	9 July 1966 - June 1967
06	LT. Kunsky, David Allen, USN	June 1967 - July 1968
07	LT. Callahan, Joseph, Edward, USN	July 1968 - 1970
08	LCDR Willandt, Theodore August, USN (USNA 1963)	1970 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST-1082 Initial Crew Orders
Notes from LCDR John B. Cameron
Welcome Aboard pamphlet, circa 1969-70
The USS LST Ship Memorial
Mobile Riverine Force Association
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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USS Pitkin County (LST-1082)ex USS LST-1082 (1945 - 1955)

USS Pitkin County (LST-1082)
ex
USS LST-1082 (1945 - 1955)