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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
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USS LST-1032 (1944 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Papa - Delta
NVPD

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (6-Dominican Republic) - Vietnam Service Medal (11)
Fourth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (6) - Philippines Liberation Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

542-Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 9 June 1944, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Launched, 9 July 1944

Commissioned USS LST 1032, 1 August 1944, LT. J. M. Medina in command

During WWII USS LST-1032 was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater:

LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw USN (25);

LST Group Eighteen, CDR. P. Neikum USNR Ret. (26);

LST Divison Thirty-Five and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 25 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 10 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-1032 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 9 September to 26 October 1945

Named USS Monmouth County (LST-1032), 1 July 1955

Decommissioned, 14 October 1955

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group

Transferred to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group, August 1961

Recommissioned, 28 May 1962, at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA. as a unit of Reserve LST Squadron 2

Fully commissioned, 21 December 1965

During the Vietnam War USS Monmouth County (LST-1032) participated in the following campaigns;

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 31 May to 13 June 1966	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 2 November 1968 to 13 February 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 19 July to 2 August 1966 12 to 13 and 27 to 31 August 1966 9 September to 17 November 1966 16 to 23 January 1967 1 to 7 February 1967 23 February to 6 March 1967 16 to 20 March 1967 4 to 13 April 1967 30 to 31 May 1967	Tet 69/Counteroffensive 21 March to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 1 June to 9 August 1967 17 December 1967 to 29 January 1968	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 June to 8 September 1969
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 1 April 1968	Winter-Spring 1970 3- November 1969 to 15 February 1970 18 March to 30 April 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 7 April 1968 17 May to 19 June 1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 to 2 May 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 15 July to 10 September 1968 28 October to 1 November 1968	.

Decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 12 August 1970

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 August 1970

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 September 1971, to Zidell Exploration Inc., Portland, OR.

USS LST-1032 received two battle stars for World War II service and as USS Monmouth County (LST-1032), eleven campaign stars for Vietnam 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST-1032
	129k	USS LST-779 and USS LST-1032 beached at Iwo Jima. circa 19 to 28 February 1945. Original caption reads "Smashed by Jap mortar and shellfire, trapped by Iwo's treacherous black-ash sands, amtracs and other vehicles of war lay knocked out on the black sands of the volcanic fortress.". US National Archives. Photo # 26-G-4474, a US Coast Guard photo by Robert M. Warren PhoM3c now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst and Robert Morrissey
	25k	USS LST-1032 and USS LSM-48 beached at Iwo Jima, February 1945	Paul Burket USS LSM-341
USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
	152k	*USS Monmouth County* (LST-1032)** drydocked at Sasebo, Japan in December 1966.	Photo by Philip Eastman EM3 USN USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
	158k	*USS Monmouth County* (LST-1032)** off loading cargo at Nha Trang, South Vietnam in February 1967. Photo by Mark Collier EM3 USS Monmouth County	Philip Eastman EM3 USN USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
	124k	*USS Monmouth County* (LST-1032)** off loading cargo at Danang, South Vietnam in February 1967.	Photo by Philip Eastman EM3 USN USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
	158k	*USS Monmouth County* (LST-1032)** off loading a cargo of bombs at Chu Lai, South Vietnam in 1967.	Photo by Philip Eastman EM3 USN USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
	83k	*USS Monmouth County* (LST-1032) beached at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, RVN, circa 1968. Monmouth County** usually operated between Saigon and points of the Delta hauling various cargos from point to point.	Photo by Robert M. Young, Lt(jg), SC, USN USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
	25k	*USS Monmouth County* (LST-1032)** beached at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, RVN, circa 1969	Photo by Larry Hickman ex RM3 USN USS Hickman County (LST-825)