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LST-1102
AG-150 / AKS-31 Chimon

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal
Fourth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, (date unknown), at Missouri Bridge and Iron Works Evansville IN.
  • Launched, 10 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1102, 29 January 1945
  • Decommissioned, 21 November 1947
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-150), 27 January 1949
  • Named Chimon, 1 February 1949
  • Recommissioned, 27 December 1950
  • Reclassified, (AKS-31), 27 December 1950
  • Decommissioned, 22 April 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 2 November 1959
  • Final Disposition, sold, 2 November 1959, fate unknown
  • Chimon received one battle star as LST-1102 for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 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, 100-115 Enlisted
    Troop Capacity approx. 140 Officers and Enlisted
    Boats 2 LCVP
    Armament one twin 40mm bow gun mount, eight 40mm guns, 12-20mm guns
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.
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    Chimon 62k Chimon (AKS-31) at anchor at Sasebo, Japan, circa March 1955 Photo by Don Denison
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