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USS Harlan County (LST-1196)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Yankee - Hotel NAYH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Lebanon & 1-Somalia)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

USS Harlan County (LST-1196) was sold to Spain and renamed Pizarro (L-42)

LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 7 November 1970, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 27 July 1971

Commissioned USS Harlan County (LST-1196), 8 April 1972, CDR. Vernon C. Smith in command

Decommissioned, 14 April 1995

Transferred (loaned) to Spain, renamed Pizarro (L-42), and commissioned into the Spanish Navy, 14 April 1995

Sold outright to Spain, 27 April 2000

Struck from the US Naval Register, 23 July 2002

Decommissioned by the Spanish Navy, 14 December 2012.

USS Harlan County

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 April 2014

Specifications:
Displacement 5,190 t.(lt), 8,550 t.(fl)
Length 522' 3" (ovl)
Beam 69' 9 1/2" (max)
Draft max forward (fl) 13' 6", max aft (fl) 16' 3" 15'
Speed 27 kts. max.

Complement

14 Officers

15 CPO

226 Other Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

18 Officers

21 SNCO

268 Other Enlisted

Boats

three 36' LCVPs

one 36' LCPL

Aircraft

flight deck one spot

Armament

As Built

two twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

Upgraded

two 25mm chain guns

six .50 cal machine guns

one 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)

Propulsion

six 16 cylinder ALCO 16-251E main propulsion Diesel engines

two shafts, three engines per shaft, shaft horsepower 15,000

two controllable reversible pitch propellers, twin rudders

three ALCO 251-C, 8 cylinder generator sets, 750KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Harlan County (LST-1196)
1016119618	3058k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196) and USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)** in drydock #8 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., 12 October 1977. Note Nahoke (YTM-536) at the foot of the drydock. Naval Photographic Center photo # LPH-2-166-10-77-C by PH3 Robert E. Alexander	Steve Lichtman
1016119620	223k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** underway off Norfolk, VA., date unknown. ©Nobe Smith	Nicholas Tiberio
1016119621	156k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** off Virginia Beach, VA., inbound to NAB Little Creek, VA., date unknown ©Nobe Smith	Nicholas Tiberio
1016119636	240k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** underway in the Caribbean Sea, 20 April 1984, during Exercise Ocean Venture '84". Pontoon causeways are mounted aft. US Navy photo from U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-ST-86-02286	Robert Hurst
1016119634	324k	U.S. Marines from the 34th Marine Amphibious Unit form assault waves as they head toward the beach in tracked landing vehicles during the NATO exercise "Display Determination '81" at Doganbey, Turkey, 19 September, 1981. *USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** is in the background. U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SN-82-07832 a U.S Navy photo by PH1 Douglas Tesner, USN	Robert Hurst
	79k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** underway in the Virginia Capes Operating Area, 1 April 1987. Fleet Imaging Center Atlantic, NAS Oceana, VA. photo # N0769-SP-87-00225. Photo by PH2 Terry C. Clements, USN.	USS LSM/ LSMR Association
	873k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** moored pierside at Marseille, France in 1987.	Photos by Philippe Gonzales
	810k
	942k
	46k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** at Mahon, Menorca, Spain, 26 March 1988.	Photo by Ignacio Lopez ex member Armada Espanola
1016119619	203k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** underway at Palma de Mallorca, Spain during a routine port visit, circa 1980s.	Photo by José Antonio Rodríguez Carreño
	64k	Overhead view of *USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** underway, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst
1016119635	224k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** underway during maritime interdiction operations, 13 December 1991. U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-92-05990 a U.S Navy photo by PH2 Stover, USN.	Robert Hurst
	72k	A truck drives over the extended bow ramp of *USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** at NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, 1 May 1993 during the joint service exercise 'Ocean Venture 93'. Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-ST-93-05179, photo by IC2 Larry Gladhill USN	Bill Gonyo
	306k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** under way during helo operations in May, 1993. Causeways are attached alongside aft for amphibious offloading operations. Defense Imagery photo ID: DN-ST-93-05130 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Robert Hurst
	72k	*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** at anchor in the harbor at Villefranche, France, 13 August 1994.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli

Pizarro (L-42)

Contributed by Francisco Javier Santos Vazquez, La Coruña

International Radio Call Sign:
Echo - Bravo - Alpha - Whiskey EBAW

	20k	*Namesake* *Francisco Pizarro González, Marquis [of los Atabillos]* Born in Trujillo, Cáceres, 16 March 1476 or 1478. Died in Lima, 26 June 1541. Spanish explorer and conqueror of Peru. Governor of New Castile (Peru), with his government in La Ciudad de los Reyes (Lima).	Fabio Peña
	54k	Ex-*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)** seen here in Spanish service as Pizarro (L-42) at San Fernando, Cádiz (Spain), 6 April 1996	Photo by Daniel Farro
	1546k	Pizarro (L-42) departing Toulon, France, 3 June 1998.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
	100k	Pizarro (L-42) at Barcelona, Spain, 23 June 2002	Photo by Fabio Peña
1016119638	174k	Pizarro (L-42) moored pierside, 2 April 2003, location unknown. Photo courtesy of Monumenta. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.	Robert Hurst
	104k	Pizarro (L-42) at Barcelona, Spain, 23 June 2002	Photo by Fabio Peña
	82k	Pizarro (L-42) unloading personnel, vehicles and material at Beirut, Lebanon, September 28, 2006. The Spanish troops would join the strengthened UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon.	Permission granted to display this photo ©MoD Spain.
1016119632	91k	Pizarro (L-42) moored pierside in the port of Almeria, Spain, date unknown. Photo courtesy of Berta Zea	Robert Hurst
1016119633	126k	Pizarro (L-42) at sea, date and location unknown Photo courtesy of Eugenio Castillo Pert	Robert Hurst
1016119735	70k	Hernán Cortés (L-41) underway, along with her sister Pizarro (L-42), ex-*USS Harlan County* (LST-1196)*, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy of Bruno Cleries. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.*	Robert Hurst
1016119637	120k	Pizarro (L-42) tied up at the Marin Naval School, 10 July 2011. Photo courtesy of Beninho. his file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.	Robert Hurst

USS Harlan County (LST-1196)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Smith, Vernon Charles :RADM	8 April 1972 - 8 January 1974
02	CDR. Miniter Jr., Howard Elmer	8 January 1974 - 12 December 1975
03	CDR. Thomas, Ronald Ralph	12 December 1975 - 2 December 1977
04	CDR. Johnson, Robert Cecil, USN (Photo as CAPT.)	2 December 1977 - 22 February 1980
05	CAPT. Ricketts, David Lynn	22 February 1980 - 8 January 1982
06	CDR. Welch Jr., Glenn Ernest, USN (USNA 1965)	8 January 1982 - 15 May 1984
07	CDR. Burck, Clarence William	15 May 1984 - 20 August 1986
08	CDR. O'Neil Jr., John Edward	20 August 1986 - 22 December 1988
09	CDR. Stewart, Richard Maxwell	22 December 1988 - 26 April 1991
10	CDR. Newton, Danny Ray	26 April 1991 - 21 May 1993
11	CDR. Butcher Jr., Marvin Edward	21 May 1993 - 14 April 1995


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