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USS Montgomery County (LST-1041)
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USS LST-1041 (1945 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Alpha - Hotel
NAAH

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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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

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USS Montgomery County (LST-1041) was transferred to Germany

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Following World War II USS LST-1041 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 to 24 September 1945
3 November to 13 December 1945	3 November to 13 December 1945

Final Disposition, scrapped 1968

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Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

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)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	307k	USS LST-1041 launching at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA., 20 January 1945.		LT. Tom Parker, USN for his grandfather LT. Thomas Parker, Jr. CO USS LST-1041
	127k	USS LST-1041 with PT-625, PT-626, PT-627 and PT-628 deck loaded for transfer to the Soviet Union. USS LST-1085 is moored astern of LST-1041, circa 1945, location unknown.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	81k	USS LSM-297 and USS LST-1041 beached while unloading equipment, date and place unknown.		USS LSM / LSMR Association
	86k	USS LST-1041 landing Marines at Argentia, Newfoundland, date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine January 1949		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	41k	USS LST-1041 moored at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia, 1951		Jim Hewson
	71k	USS LST-1041 and USS LST-664, beached, date and location unknown		Tommy Trampp
1016104112	174k	USS LST-1041 beached during amphibious exercises at NAB Little Creek, VA., in 1949.		Steve Hatchett
	225k	USS LST-1041 demonstrating the launching and set up of floating causeways from an LST, probably at NAB Little Creek, VA. in the early 1950s. The large group of officers are probably from sister LSTs.		Raymond Cvetovich, Ph.D.
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1016114111	151k	USS Montgomery County (LST-1041) beached during an amphibious exercise circa 1950s, location unknown.. NH 84882, Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 84682, courtesy of William H. Davis.		Mike Smolinski

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USS Montgomery County (LST-1041)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Becker, Edward F, USNR	13 February 1945 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Parker Jr., Thomas, USNR	December 1945 - May 1946
03	LT. McGaughey, Malcolm Wayne, USN	May 1946 - ?
04	LT. Drago, Jack Verner, USN (USNA 1947)	~1955 - 18 February 1956

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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