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USS Cayuga County (LST-529)
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USS LST-529 (1944 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Alpha - Bravo
NEAB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS Cayuga County (LST-529) was transferred to South Vietnam, renamed RVNS Thi Nai (HQ 502) and later acquired by the Philippines, renamed BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87)

LST-491 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 8 November 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 17 January 1944

Commissioned, USS LST-529, 29 February 1944, LT. G. L. Moore, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-528 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign**
Campaigns and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, June 1944

Decommissioned, 7 June 1946

Recommissioned, 22 September 1950

During the Korean War USS LST-529 participated in the following campaigns;

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
U.N. Summer-Fall offensive, July and August 1951	Korean, Summer 1953, June and July 1963
Second Korean Winter, December 1951 - March 1952	.

Immediately following the Korean War LST-529continued to serve in the Korean area until July 1954

Following her Korean service, LST-529 returned to the United States

Named USS Cayuga County (LST-529), 1 July 1955

Assigned as a logistic support ship for the Mariana and Bonin Islands in the late 1950's

Decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of Vietnam, 17 December 1963, renamed Thi Nai (HQ-502)

Following the fall of Saigon on 29 April 1975, Thi Nai (HQ-502) escaped to the Philippines

Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 17 November 1975, renamed BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87)

Final Disposition, scrapped in 2003

USS Cayuga County earned one battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service as USS LST-529

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST-529
	76k	USS LST-529 underway, date and location unknown.	Photo source, CDR. Harold R. Tall, USN Ret. deceased CO USS LST-529 early 1950s Submitted by CDR. Louis D. Chirillo, USN Ret.
	124k	USS LSM-547 and USS LST-529 with *LCU-851* loaded on her main deck, circa 1952, location unknown.	Don Garner
	79k	USS LST-529 aft twin 40mm AA gun mount, date and location unknown. This was Melvin Downing's GQ station.	Jeff Card for his grandfather Melvin Downing MoMM 3c LCT-638
	72k	USS LST-529 aft twin 40mm AA gun mount, date and location unknown.	Jeff Card for his grandfather Melvin Downing MoMM 3c LCT-638
	127k	USS LST-529 at anchor, looking forward, date and location unknown.	Jeff Card for his grandfather Melvin Downing MoMM 3c LCT-638
	150k	USS LST-529 at anchor, looking forward, date and location unknown.	Jeff Card for his grandfather Melvin Downing MoMM 3c LCT-638
	130k	Clombing the mast of USS LST-529, looking forward, date and location unknown.	Jeff Card for his grandfather Melvin Downing MoMM 3c LCT-638
USS Cayuga County (LST-529)
	75k	*USS Cayuga County* (LST-529)** underway off Guam, Marianas Islands. Official US Navy photo distributed to the crew circa 1958 while assigned to the Marianas Trust Territory and homeported in Guam	Don S Hoyt, HMC USN Ret. USS LST-529
BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87)
	66k	Ex-*USS Cayuga County* (LST-529) in Philippine Naval service as BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87)** while in dry dock at A.G.& P. Drydock in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines, 31 December 1989.	Edison Sy