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LST-1041 Montgomery County


USS Montgomery County (LST-1941) was transferred to Germany
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, 12 November 1944, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 20 January 1945
  • Ferried down the Mississippi River for fitting out and commissioning at New Orleans, LA.
  • Commissioned, 19 February 1945 as USS LST-1041
  • Renamed USS Montgomery County (LST-1041), 1 July 1955
  • Decommissioned, 31 June 1956
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Struck from Naval Register, 1 June 1960
  • Sold under the Military Assistance Program to the West German Federal Republic, August 1960
  • Final Disposition, scrapped 1968
    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 LCVPs
    Armament eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LSM-297 81k LSM-297 and LST-1041 beached while unloading equipment, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Montgomery County 86k LST-1041 landing Marines at Argentia, Newfoundland, (date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine January 1949     		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Montgomery County 41k Montgomery County (LST-1041) moored at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia, 1951 Jim Hewson
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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