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95k | Mrs. Ralph Otis Davis, Graham County (LST-1176) sponsor Christens the ship , 9 September 1957, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Corp. Newport News, VA. Photo from the shipyard in house publication "Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Bulletin". |
S. Dale Hargrave | |
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94k | Graham County (LST-1176) slides down the builders ways as she is launched, 9 September 1957, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Corp. Newport News, VA. Photo from the shipyard in house publication "Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Bulletin". |
S. Dale Hargrave | |
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97k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) after launching, 9 September 1957, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. Newport News, VA. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1958. |
Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret. | |
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195k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) commissioning ceremony, 17 April 1958, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. Newport News, VA. Photo from the shipyard in house publication "Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Bulletin". |
S. Dale Hargrave | |
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96k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) underway, circa 1957-58, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1958. |
Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret. | |
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297k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) beached while off-loading supplies that helped U.S. Navy Seabees built a bridge that spanned the flooded Lake Miraogoane,
near Mira, Haiti, 22 November 1960.
National Museum of the U.S. Navy, 330-PSA-293-60 (USN 1051567)< |
Robert Hurst | |
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71k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) underway in 1963, location unknown.
Photo taken by Chulahoma Blacksmith Robert Hurst |
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88k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) beached at Vieques, Puerto Rico, in 1964. Note her bow door configuration, 3"/50 twin gun mounts, and radar-equipped gun directors. | US Naval Historical Center | |
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37k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) under way, circa 1967, location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst | |
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415k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) underway off Hampton Roads, VA., 14 April 1967.
US National Archives photo # USN 1132899 by PH3(AC) R.J.Mechel, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Mike Smolinski | |
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420k | Carib 1-68 Patrol Caribbean Ready Group steams in formation as it patrols the Caribbean Sea. Commanded by Capt. J. B. Drachnik, USN,
Commander Amphibious Squadron Four, its mission is the promotion of peace and
goodwill and the protection of U.S. citizens and property ashore in time of crisis. Homeported in Norfolk, VA., the Group has been deployed since March. Ships of the
Ready Group are: (l-r) Attack Cargo Ship USS Rankin (AKA-103); Dock Landing Ship, USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30); Amphibious Assault Ship, USS Boxer (LPH-4); Tank Landing Ship, USS Graham County (LST-1176); and High Speed Transport, USS Kirwin (APD-90). The original photograph and caption was released by USS Boxer in 1968. . US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 97284, by PH2 A. P. Gonthier, Jr.. |
Mike Smolinski | |
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1223k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) underway at Genoa, Italy, 24 April 1970. | Photo by Carlo Martinelli | |
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39k | USS Graham County (LST-1176) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from Veramar Arts Canvas print. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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104k | USS Graham County (AGP-1176) with USS Antelope (PG-86) and
USS Ready (PG-87) alongside.
© Atlantic Fleet Sales |
David Wright | |
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47k | USS Graham County (AGP-1176) underway, date and location unknown. | Dave Donaldson | |
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299k | USS Graham County (AGP-1176) underway in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, 29 January 1973. | Photo by Carlo Martinelli | |
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3841k | USS Graham County (AGP-1176) moored at Venice, Italy in October 1973. Moored astern of Graham County is USS Douglas (PG-100). | William Hooper | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
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| 01 | LCDR. Mc Crea, Gordon Huntley, USN | 17 April 1958 - ? |
| 02 | LCDR. Pouliot, Jean Raymond, USN | February 1964 - March 1965 |
| 03 | LCDR. Hollandsworth, Roy Melvin, USN | March 1965 - 28 October 1966 |
| 04 | LCDR. Clark, Thomas Breckenridge, USN | 29 October 1966 - ? |
| 05 | LCDR. Ball Jr. Marvin Loy, USN | 1969 - 1971 |
| 06 | LCDR. Colbert Jr., Edward William, USN | 1971 - 1972 |
| 07 | LCDR. McCammon, Peter Leverich, USN (USNA 1962) | 1972 - 1974 |
| 08 | LCDR. Kelly, John Patrick, USN (USNA 1962) | 1974 - 1976 |
| 09 | LCDR. Henderson, Henry Gene, USN (USNA 1966) | 1976 - 1 March 1977 |
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