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62k | USS LST-1153 under construction at Boston Naval Shipyard, 1947. US Navy photo. |
John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site | |
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12k | USS LST-1153 underway during sea trials in Boston Harbor, 25 August 1947. | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) web site | |
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6k | LST-1153 underway during sea trials in Boston Harbor, 25 August 1947. | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) web site | |
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149k | USS LST-1153 beached at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 18 February 1948.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-8575, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Mike Smolinski | |
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79k | USS LST-1153 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the 1967-68 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships" |
Robert Hurst | |
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52k | USS LST-1153 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine April 1948 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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130k | USS LST-1153 at sea with bow doors open after backing off at Vieques, Puerto Rico, date unknown. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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92k | USS LST-1153 at anchor , date and location unknown. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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127k | USS LST-1153 moored pierside forward of USS LST-912 at Naval Station Norfolk, date unknown. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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115k | USS LST-1153 beached at Thule,Greenland while the US was building an air base on the island, date unknown. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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108k | USS LST-1153 beached at Thule,Greenland while the US was building an air base on the island, date unknown. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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130k | USS LST-1153 and USS LST-291 with a floating crane alongside, beached at Thule,Greenland, date unknown. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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95k | USS LST-1153 moored pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., circa 1948-1952. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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82k | USS LST-1153 moored pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., QMSN Arnold, standing guard on the pier, circa 1948-1952. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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114k | USS LST-1153 beached, location unknown, circa 1948-1952. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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106k | USS LST-1153 and USS LST-291 beached, location unknown, circa 1948-1952. | William D. Smith RM3 USS LST 1153 1948-1952 | |
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15k | USS LST-1153 underway, location unknown, 20 February 1952. | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) web site | |
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59k | USS LST-1153 underway, date and location unknown. | John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site | |
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251k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) beached on a ramp at Antigua in July 1956. Talbot County was transporting MCB-6 (Seabees) from Davisville, R.I. to Antigua. | Daniel Ward in honor of his father HMCM Cary Carlson Ward Sr. US Navy Ret. | |
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29k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway with cargo secured to her main deck, date and location unknown | Courtesy Forrest (Jack) Edwards MMC USN USS Talbot County and the USS Talbot County web site | |
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47k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) at anchor, circa prior to 1958, location unknown. | John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site | |
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67k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway off Hampton Roads, early 1960s. | John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site, Courtesy Roger Tamasseti | |
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44k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) at Valletta Harbor, Malta, early 1961. | John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site | |
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51k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway, post-1961, location unknown. | John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site | |
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52k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway off Hampton Roads, 7 October 1963. US Navy photo by Gary R. Hanson, PH3 USN. |
John Ashburn, USS Talbot County LST-1153 web site, Courtesy Roger Tamasseti | |
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8k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway, date and location unknown | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) web site | |
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25k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) offloading of M42 Dusters of the 517th Artillery at the Rio Hato training area in Panama during 1965 war games. | 517th Artillery | |
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74k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway, date and location unknown. | John Ashburn, USS Talbot Country LST-1153 web site | |
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65k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst | |
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271k | USS Talbot County (LST-1153) beached while unloading vehicles, probably at Fort Story, VA., date unknown.
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103k | Ex-USS Talbot County (LST-1153) under tow, 27 June 1974, headed up the Neches River enroute to the Bethlehem Steel yard in Beaumont, TX. from the Orange, TX. NISMF. Talbot County had a cracked port tail shaft when sold. | Photos by Jim Swank | |
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151k | Ex-USS Talbot County (LST-1153) in commercial service as the Somatra Lines storage barge Arem 1 moored pierside in 1978, location unknown.
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 03 | LCDR. Godfery, James Thomas | 1949 - ? |
| 05 | LCDR. Kemp, Robert Edward | ? - 1 November 1957 |
| 06 | LCDR. Smith, Robert McKillip, USN (USNA 1949) | 1 November 1957 - January 1959 |
| 07 | LCDR. Conger, Elton Vaugh, USN | January 1959 - August 1960 |
| 08 | LCDR. Watkins, Robert Wayne, USN :RADM | August 1960 - 27 July 1962 |
| 10 | LCDR. Bres, John Henry, USN (1951) | 27 July 1962 - 27 August 1964 |
| 11 | LCDR. Carmody, Cornelius James, USN | 27 August 1964 - 13 September 1966 |
| 12 | LCDR. Turner Jr., Lee Roy, USN (USNA 1955) | 13 September 1966 - December 1968 |
| 14 | LCDR. Bennett, David Michael, USN :VADM | December 1968 - 3 April 1970 |
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