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LST-1083 Plumas County

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 22 November1944, at American Bridge Co. Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 14 January 1945

Commissioned USS LST-1083, 13 February 1945 at Naval Repair Base, Algiers LA., Lt. Donald W. Homes in command

During World War II LST-1083 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Okinawa Gunto operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945

Following World War II LST-1083 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early November 1945

Decommissioned in 1946

Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet

Recommissioned, 8 September 1950

Named USS Plumas County (LST-1083), 1 July 1955

Decommissioned, 22 August 1961, at Sasebo, Japan

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, at Sasebo

Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Plumas County (T-LST-1083) in December 1965

Placed out of service (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1972

Final Disposition, sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrapping, 1 May 1973

LST-1083 earned one battle star for World War II service and three for the Korean War

Specifications:
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 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 Capacity approx. 130 officers and enlisted
Boats two LCVP
Armament eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	139k	*LSM-2* and *LCT-1057* secured to the starboard side of *LST-1083* as they are moved in a floating drydock, date and place unknown. US Navy photo.		USS LSM / LSMR Association
	73k	Plumas County (LST-1083) underway off Long Beach, CA, 1958 US Navy photo, now in the USNI collection		LTjg. Archie M. Mustard, USNR Ret.

View the Plumas County (LST-1083)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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