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Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Terrell County (LST-1157)

International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Vietnam) - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Quemoy-Matsu, Lebanon, Vietnam)
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (12) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Terrell County (LST-1157) was sold to Greece and renamed HS Inouse (L-104)

LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 3 March 1952, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.

Launched, 6 December 1952

Commissioned USS LST-1157, 14 March 1953, LCDR. Lowell I. Reynolds in command

Named USS Terrell County (LST-1157), 1 July 1955

During the Vietnam War USS Terrell County (LST-1157) served continuously in country and in contiguous waters, with the exception of overhaul periods, from mid 1962 to late 1970 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
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Advisory Campaign 1 to 14 August 1962 15 to 18 March 1965	Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase-VI 6 December 1968 to 9 February 1969
Vietnam Defense 9 to 15 July 1965 13 to 18 August 1965 31 October to 3 December 1965	Tet/69 Counteroffensive 6 May to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 3 to 10 and 20 to 31 March 1966 6 April to 8 May 1966 16 to 20 June 1966	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1970 9 to 28 June 1969 25 September to 31 October 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase-II 10 to 15 September 1966 10 to 14 October 1966 27 November to 7 December 1966 13 to 19 February 1967 9 to 13 and 22 to 26 May 1967	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 November to 3 December 1969 8 March to 30 April 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase-III 5 July to 5 August 1967 19 August to 22 September 1967	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 to 30 May 1970
Tet Counteroffensive 12 March to 1 April 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase-VII 1 to 8 October 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase-IV 2 to 15 April 1968 27 April to 17 May 1968 3 to 6 June 1968

Decommissioned, 25 March 1971, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Transferred, on loan, to Greece under the Security Assistance Program and renamed HS Inouse (L-104)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1976

Sold outright to Greece in March 1977

Decommissioned by the Greek Navy, 20 March 2003

Final Disposition, expended as a target and sunk north of Crete, 4 October 2007

10:35 Penguin MK2-MOD3 surface to surface guided missile fired from missile boat "Starakis"

11:00 Penguin MK2-MOD3 surface to surface guided missile fired from missile boat "Simitzopoulos"

12:30 Exocet MM38 surface to surface guided missile fired from missile boat "Sakipis"

13:30 Hellfire AGM-114K air to surface guided missile fired from Apache AH-64 helicopter

USS Terrell County earned the Presidential Unit Citation, the Navy Unit Commendation, three Meritorious Unit Commendations, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 2,590 t (lt), 5,800 t.(fl)
Length 384'
Beam 55'
Draft 17'
Speed 14 kts.

Complement

ships company and staff officers 16

ships company and staff enlisted 189

Troop Accommodations

15 officers

380 enlisted

Boats

three LCVP Armament

three twin 3"/50 gun mounts

five single 20mm AA gun mounts

Propulsion

four GM 16-278A Diesel engines, 6000shp

two controllable pitch propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Terrell County (LST-1157)
	68k	Broadside view of *USS Terrell County* (LST-1157) off the south end of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 26 October 1956. Terrell County** was under repair at Mare Island from 24 August to 26 October 1956. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 31946-10-56.	Darryl Baker
	10k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** at Naha, Okinawa in 1957.	Photo by Royal Mannion
	104k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
	70k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**, overhead view, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	George R. O'Connell RM2 USS Terrell County 1960-62. Photo from the from the collection of CAPT. John L. Townley USN (Ret)
	112k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	George R. O'Connell RM2 USS Terrell County 1960-62. Photo from the from the collection of CAPT. John L. Townley USN (Ret)
	72k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**, circa 1960-61, location unknown US Navy photograph.	George R. O'Connell RM2 USS Terrell County 1960-62. Photo from the from the collection of CAPT. John L. Townley USN (Ret)
	72k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**, date and location unknown.	John W. Rogers GMG3 USS Terrell County 1961-62
	130k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**, gunnery patch, 1961-62.	John W. Rogers GMG3 USS Terrell County 1961-62
	362k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** underway with causeways secured to her sides while enroute from Okinawa to Vietnam, date unknown.	William L. Duncan BM2 USS Terrell County Sept. 67 to Sept. 69
	560k	Lowering one of *USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)**'s LCVPs, date and location unknown.	Leroy Duncan BM2 USS Terrell County Sept. 67 to Sept. 69
	59k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157) off the coast of Vietnam with a UH-1B Iroquois helicopter on her flight deck. This view of the Terrell County's flight deck was taken from USS Clarion River (LSMR-409)** which was moored alongside. Photo USN, Official.	Robert Hurst
	866k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** LCVP 2, beached in Vietnam. BM2 Duncan was the boats Coxswain, date and location unknown.	William L. Duncan BM2 USS Terrell County Sept. 67 to Sept. 69
	890k	Helicopter landing on the deck of *USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** off the coast of Vietnam, date unknown.	William L. Duncan BM2 USS Terrell County Sept. 67 to Sept. 69
	795k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** beached in Vietnam while off-loading a Marine Corps LVT, date unknown.	William L. Duncan BM2 USS Terrell County Sept. 67 to Sept. 69
	208k	*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** ship's plaque chosen in a shipboard design contest in about 1966. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 70347-KN	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	192k	Ex-*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157)** taken under tow of the Greek Tug Petrola's Sea-Master 20, en-route for Greece in March 1977. *Terrell County* became the Greek Navy Ship *Inouse. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 89306*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
HS Inouse (L-104)
	63k	Ex-*USS Terrell County* (LST-1157) in Greek service as HS Inouse (L-104)** entering port at Taranto, Italy, date unknown.	George R. O'Connell RM2 USS Terrell County 1960-62.
	224k	Ship's present at the Greek Salamis Naval Base, 31 August 1979 include six Greek Fletcher-class destroyers; *HS Kimon* (D-42) (ex-USS Ringgold (DD-500), HS Nearchos (D-65) (ex-USS Wadsworth (DD-516), HS Sfendoni (D-85) (ex-USS Aulick (DD-569), HS Aspis (D-06) (ex-USS Connor (DD-582), HS Lonchi (D-56) (ex-USS Hall (DD-583), and HS Velos (D-16) (ex-USS Charrette (DD-581). Also visible are the landing ships HS Nafkratoussa (L-153) (ex-USS Fort Mandan (LSD-21) HS Oinoussai (L-104) (ex-USS Terrell County (LST-1157), and HS Kos (L-116) (ex-USS Whitfield County (LST-1169)**. Photo by PHC C. Pedrick, USN. U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: photo VIRIN: DN-SC-82-00328.	Robert Hurst

USS Terrell County (LST-1157)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Mobile Riverine Force Association, USS Terrell County History

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Reynolds, Lowell I.	14 March 1953 - 17 June 1953
02	LCDR. Scott Jr., Richard Sellman, USNR	17 June.1953 - 22 December1954
03	LCDR. Nelson, Melvin Orvil	22 December 1954 - 8 May 1956
04	LCDR. Dunton, Alfred A.	8 May 1956 - 4 October.1956
05	LCDR. Vaughn, Donald Edward	4 October1956 - 18 June 1958
06	LCDR. Cerstvik, Milan S.	18 June 1958 - 5 March 1960
07	CDR. Morrison, Joseph Benson	5 March 1960 - 8 December 1961
08	LCDR. Geiger, Eugene Dale	8 December 1961 - 8 June 1963
09	LCDR. Allen, James Anthony, USN (USNA 1950)	8 June 1963 - 31 July 1965
10	LCDR. Kinsley Jr., Harry W.	31 July 1965 - 15 April 1967
11	CDR. Goddard, Thomas Bohner	15 April 1967 - 5 August 1968
12	LCDR. Schimming, John Gottlieb	5 August 1968 - 4 December 1970
13	LT. Guthrie, Stephen Duane, USN (USNA 1963)	4 December 1970 - 25 March 1971


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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