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USNS Plumas County (T-LST-1083)
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USS Plumas County (LST-1083) (1955 - 1965)
USS LST-1083 (1945 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Oscar - Alpha
NAOA

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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 (2)
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

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During World War II USS LST-1083 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Two, CDR. D. J. Sweeny (23);
LST Group Ninety-Five, CDR. J. Capponi;
LST Division One Hundred Ninety and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Campaigns and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 8 to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-1083 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 to 11 September 1945
8 October to 1 November 1945

During The Korean War USS LST-1083 participated in the following campaigns:

Korean War
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
First UN Counter Offensive 3 February to 17 March 1951	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 20 to 21 May 1952 18 june to 7 July 1952 9 to 31 August 1952 14 October to 1 November 1952
Communist China Spring Offensive 24 to 30 April 1951 6 to 18 May 1951

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

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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
USS LST-1083
	164k	USS LST-1083 beached on a ramp in 1945 probably in Japan during Occupation service.		Steve Franklin
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	139k	USS LSM-2 and LCT-1057 secured to the starboard side of USS LST-1083 as they are moved in a floating drydock, date and place unknown. US Navy photo.		USS LSM / LSMR Association
1016108304	213k	USS LST-1083 underway, date and location unknown.		Mike Smolinski
1016108307	13k	USS LST-1083 on training maneuvers in San Francisco Bay, Oakland, CA., 15 March 1953. Photo courtesy Cpl John A Bruzan, USMC - Ret. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.		Robert Hurst
1016108305	54k	A USMC DUKW entering USS LST-1083 during maneuvers near Oakland, CA., 15 March 1953. Photos by Cpl John A Bruzan, USMC - Ret.		Robert Hurst
1016108306	55k
USS Plumas County (LST-1083)
	73k	USS Plumas County (LST-1083) underway off Long Beach, CA, 1958. US Navy photo, now in the USNI collection		LTjg. Archie M. Mustard, USNR Ret.

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USS LST-1083 / USS Plumas County (LST-1083)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS).

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Jeffries, DeWilton B., USNR	12 February 1945 - 16 October 1945
02	LTjg/LT. Holmes, Roland W., USNR	16 October 1945 -2 December 1945
03	LTjg. Campbell, Robert Francis, USNR	2 December 1945 - 25 March 1946
04	LT. Ray, James McCoy, USN	25 March 1946 - 5 June 1946
05	ENS. Coll, Charles L., USNR	5 June 1946 - 1 August 1946
	Decommissioned	1 August 1946 - 8 September 1950
06	LT. May, James H., USNR	1952
07	LCDR. Edgerton, Lloyd George, USN	? - 7 March 1956
08	LT. Casseday, Jack Nelson, USN	7 March 1956 - 22 April 1958
09	LT. Rockwell, Nevin Laverne, USN	22 April 1958 - 9 October 1959
10	LT. Davidson, Charles Homer, USN	9 October 1959 - 17 July 1961
11	LT. Karmenzind, William Pasco, USN	17 July 1961 - 22 June 1961

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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