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USS Colington (AKS-29)
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 USS Colington (AG-148) (1949 - 1951)
 USS LST-1085 (1945 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Oscar - Lima
 NAOL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 13 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1085, 21 February 1945
  • During World War II USS LST-1085 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; LST Flotilla Thirty-Two; LST Div One Hundred Ninety-Two, CAPT. D. J. Sweeny
  • Following World War II USS LST-1085 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 9 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Reclassified a Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-148), 27 January 1949
  • Named Colington, 1 February 1949
  • Reclassified, (AKS-29), 18 August 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1960
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    Length 328' o.a.
    Beam 50'
    Draft
    (light) - 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
    (sea-going) 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
    (landing) 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 officers, 104 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
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Montgomery County 127k USS LST-1085 is moored astern of USS LST-1041 which has PT-625, PT-626, PT-627 and PT-628 cradled on her main deck. These PTs were destined for to the Soviet Union, circa 1945, location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LST-1085 64k USS LST-1085 at anchor, date and location unknown. John De Noma
    USS LST-1085 / Colington (AKS-29)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical and Heritage Center
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