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LST-516 Calaveras County

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal (retroactive)

LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 6 September 1943, at the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL

Launched, 7 January 1944

Commissioned USS LST-516, 31 January 1944, Lt. M.J. Miller in command

During World War II LST-516 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:

Invasion of Normandy in June 1944

Decommissioned, 28 February 1947

Recommissioned, 22 September 1950

LST-516 served in the Korean War taking part in the following campaigns:

UN Summer-Fall Offensive-November 1951
Second Korean Winter-January and February 1952
Third Korean Winter-December 1952, January through April 1953
Korea Summer 1953, June through July 1953

Named USS Calaveras County (LST 516), 1 July 1955

Decommissioned, 21 December 1955

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Calaveras County earned one battle star for World War II service and four battle stars for Korean War service as LST-516.

Specifications:
Displacement 1,780 t.(lt), 3,640 t.(fl)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 8-10 officers, 100-115 enlisted
Troop Accommodations, approx. 140 officers and enlisted
Boats 2 LCVP
Armament eight 40mm AA gun mounts, twelve 20mm A gun mounts, two .50-cal machine guns
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
8k	*LST-516* underway, date and place unknown.	LST Home Port web site
10k	*LST-516* beached, date and place unknown.	LST Home Port web site
18k	*LST-516* beached at Guernsey Island, U.K., May 1945.	LST Home Port web site
27k	LST-516 underway off San Diego, after refit, 1952	LST Home Port web site
125k	LST-516 embarking Vietnamese refugees for their journey from Haiphong, North Vietnam, to Saigon, South Vietnam during Operation Passage to Freedom, October 1954. US Navy photo from "ALL Hands" magazine.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

View the Calaveras County (LST-516)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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Last Updated 22 October 2004