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LST-1090 Russell County


USS Russell County (LST-1090) was sold to Indonesia and renamed Tandjung Radja
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 - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (5) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 28 December 1944, at American Bridge Co, Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 24 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1090, 2 April 1945, at New Orleans, LA., Lt. E. J. Doering, USNR, in command
  • Following World War II LST-1090 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946
  • Decommissioned, 22 July 1946, at Vancouver, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Recommissioned, 3 November 1950, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
  • During the Korean War LST-1090 participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    First UN Counter Offensive
    7 to 9 April 1951     		Third Korean Winter
    14 to 26 March 1953
    7 to 30 April 1953
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    1 to 7 September 1951     		Korean Summer-Fall 1953
    1 to 2 May 1953
    16 to 18 and June1953
    20 to 22 and 27 July 1953
    UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    1 to 7 September 1951     		.

  • Named Russell County (LST-1090), 1 July 1955
  • Decommissioned, 5 April 1960, at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1960
  • Sold in 1961 to Indonesia and renamed Tandjung Radja in 1963
  • Final Disposition, severely damaged by grounding and discarded by Indonesian Navy, fate unknown
  • Russell County earned five battle stars for Korean War service
    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 4 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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    151k LST-1090 and LST-1134 (background) beached, circa 1945, place unknown. Duane Gallagher courtesy the collection of Harold Tait USS LST-1090
    LST-550, 1090,1024,1138 70k From left to right LST-550, LST-1090, LST-1024 and LST-1138 beached in the Philippines during the re-occupation period following the liberation of the Philippines, date and place unknown. Mike Blades
    10k LST-1090 underway, circa 1953 LST Home Port web site
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    USS Russell County (LST-1090)
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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