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LST-685 Curry County
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 21 December 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
Launched, 18 February 1944
Commissioned USS LST-685, 7 April 1944
During World War II LST-685 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Following World War II LST-685performed occupation duty in the Far East until April 1946
Decommissioned, 22 July 1946
Placed in service, 13 January 1947, for Naval Reserve training out of Tompkinsville, N.Y
Inactived, 2 June 1950, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
Named Curry County (LST-685), 1 July 1955
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1958
Sold for commercial purposes, (date unknown)
In the 1959 issue of the "La Marina Mercante Argentina" edited by Instituto de Estudios de la Marina Mercante Argentina LST 685 is listed as Sulmar owned by Navemar S. A., Argentina. Signal 
(L Q M M) Official N. 4590 working between Argentine and Brazilian ports.
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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This page is created by David W. Almond and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
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Last Updated 21 April 2006