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LST-799 Greer County

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Zulu - Xray
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Okinawa, 3 April to 8 May 1945))
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (9)
Fourth Row - Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 25 August 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 3 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-799, 28 October 1944 at New Orleans, LA., LT. Daniel C. Millet in command
  • During World War II LST-799 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 22 April 1946, at Yokosuka Japan
  • Recommissioned at Yokosuka, 20 August 1950
  • During the Korean War LST-799 participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    11 to 12 September 1959
    18 September to 2 November 1950     		UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    9 July to 13 August 1951
    27 September to 2 November 1951
    26-27 November 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    15 to 28 December 1950     		Second Korean Winter
    28 November to -28 December 1951
    17 January to 22 February 1952
    11 March to 14 April 1952
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 12 July to 11 August 1952
    First UN Counter Offensive
    22 March to 5 April 1951     		Korea Summer-Fall 1953
    4 to 30 June 1953
    14 to 17 July 1953
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    27 April to 11 May 1951
    15 to 20 May 1951
    7 to 19 June 1951
    8 July 1951     		.

  • Named USS Greer County (LST-799), 1 July 1955
  • Decommissioned, 18 January 1960
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping
  • Greer County earned one battle star for World War II service, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and nine battle stars for Korean War service
    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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    Greer County 646k LST-799 underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo # USN 1045713.    		 David Buell in honor of his father CWO4 Benton E. Buell, USN (Ret) USS Oak Hill
    Greer County 138k LST-799 on the pier at Inchon, South Korea in 1950, the result of miscalculating the extreme ebb and flow of the tides in that port.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1951.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Greer County 106k LST-799 underway in the Sea of Japan enroute to Korea, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1952.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Greer County 24k Greer County (LST-799) at the outer breakwater, Long Beach Ca, circa 1955 Tom Willoughby courtesy James Strickland
    Greer County 51k Greer County (LST-799) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    View the Greer County (LST-799)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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