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USS Monmouth County (LST-1032)
ex
 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 and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 2o to 22 February 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April and 30 May 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     		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
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    LST-1032 25k USS LST-1032 and USS LSM-48 beached at Iwo Jima, February 1945 Paul Burket USS LSM-341
    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)
    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)
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