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Contributed by, left Lloyd King, right Mike Smolinski

LST-1084 Polk 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
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 27 November 1944, at American Bridge Co. Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 19 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1084, 19 February 1945
  • Decommissioned, 13 August 1946 at Vancouver, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Recommissioned, 3 November 1950
  • Renamed USS Polk County (LST-1084), 1 July 1955
  • Decommissioned, 30 October 1969, at San Diego CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck From the Naval Register, 15 September 1974
  • Final Disposition, sold, 1 December 1975, for scrapping by (DRMS) Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
  • Polk County as LST-1084 earned three battle stars for the Korean War and as Polk County (LST-1084) earned four battle stars for Vietnam War service
    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 LCVP
    Armament eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LSM-425 89k LST-1084 (with LCT-1374 loaded on her main deck), and LSM-425 moored at Saipan, 1945. Al DeBacker
    Polk County 33k Polk County (LST-1084), ships plaque. Lloyd King
    Polk County 64k LST-1084, circa 1950-52, place unknown. Lloyd King
    Jerome County 91k From left to right Wexford County (LST-1168), Jerome County (LST-848), Polk County (LST-1084) and two unidentified LSTs conducting landing practice off San Diego, circa the 1960s.
    Photograph received from Polk County (LST-1084), 1969.
    US Navy photo # NH 68713 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Polk County 16k Polk County (LST-1084), date and place unknown. Bill McFerren, LST 1084 web site
    Polk County 17k Polk County (LST-1084), date and place unknown. LST Home Port web site
    Polk County 84k Polk County (LST-1084), circa 1964-65, place unknown. Submitted by Larry Lee for his step-father
    H.R. Adams CS1 USN, USS Polk County 1966 and 1967.
    View the Polk County (LST-1084)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Polk County, A Ship's History
    USS Polk County (LST-1084)
    Mobile Riverine Force Association
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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