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LST-855 Kent County

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (6) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

511 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 6 September 1944, at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 27 November 1944

Commissioned USS LST-855, 21 December 1944

Decommissioned, 15 February 1950, at Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard, Bremerton, WA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group

Recommissioned, 3 November 1950

During the Korean War LST-855 participated in the following actions:

Communist China Spring Offensive, 22 April to 8 July 1951
UN Summer-Fall Offensive, 9 July to 27 November 1951
Second Korean Winter, 28 November 1951 to 30 April 1952
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, 1 May to 30 November 1952
Third Korean Winter, 1 December 1952 to 30 April 1953
Korea, Summer-Fall 1953, 1 May to 27 July 1953

Named Kent County (LST-855), 1 July 1955

Decommissioned, 22 January 1958

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 19 March 1958

LST-855 earned six battle stars for the Korean War

Specifications:
Displacement 1,625 t.(fl), 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, 89-100 enlisted
Troop Accommodations approx. 130 officers and enlisted
Boats two LCVP
Armament eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
111k	*LST-855* underway, date and place unknown.	Photo by R. D. Comes USS LST-855
126k	*LST-855* underway, date and place unknown.	L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
97k	*LST-855* drydocked at Yokosuka, Japan, 1951. Standing on the drydock is RMSN L.L. Edmunson.	L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
72k	*LST-855* beached at Makpo, Korea, while disembarking Korean refuges in 1951. Note downfall fire hoses from the on-deck heads.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
82k	*LST-855* beached at Koje-Do, Korea, 19 October 1951.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
58k	*LST-855* beached at Koje-Do, Korea, 19 October 1951.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
62k	*LST-855* beached at Paengnyong-Do, Korea, 22 December 1951.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
82k	*LST-855* beached at Paengnyong-Do, Korea, 22 December 1951, while disembarking refugees.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
57k	*LST-855* beached at Paengnyong-Do, Korea, 22 December 1951.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
151k	*LST-855* beached at Paengnyong-Do, Korea, 22 December 1951.	Photo by L. L. Edmunson RMSN USS LST-855
67k	*LST-855* and *LST-1096* beached at Paengnyong-Do, Korea, December 1953 .	Photo by R. D. Comes USS LST-855
104k	*LST-855* iced in at Cho-Do, Korea February 1953.	Photo by R. D. Comes USS LST-855
78k	*LST-855* beached at Paengnyong-Do, Korea, February 1953.	Photo by R. D. Comes USS LST-855