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USS Overton County (LST-1074)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - India - Victor
 NAIV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 February 1945, at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyards, Inc., Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 27 March 1945
  • Commissioned, 21 April 1945, LT. John Gay in command
  • Decommissioned, 4 September 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Renamed Overton County (LST-1074), 1 July 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1958
  • Sold, 29 June 1959, to Foss Maritime for convertion to a concrete barge, completed in 1960
  • Resold, date unknown to Salmon Bay Barge Line, Inc, Seattle WA. renamed Santos
  • Current Disposition, being operated as a cargo barge by Salmon Bay Barge Line as of 2008
    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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    LSM-344/LST-1074/1082 51k Left to right, USS LSM-344, USS LST-1074, and USS LST-1082 in Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan. Japanese Seaplane Base is at left center of photo. Richard W. Fiedrich F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide #19
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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