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LST-1134 Stark County


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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
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)

USS Stark County (LST-1134) transferred to Thailand, renamed HTMS Pangan (LST-13)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 December 1944, at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 16 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1134, 7 April 1945, LT. C. R. Barheght, USNR, in command
  • During the Korean War LST-1134 participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950    		 Communist China Aggression
    14 to 27 December 1950
    North Korean Aggression
    18 to 24 September 1950    		 .

  • Named Stark County (LST-1134), 1 July 1955
  • Decommissioned, 16 May 1966, and transferred to Thailand and commissioned into the Royal Thai Navy as HTMS Pangan (LST-13)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Renumbered by the Thai Navy LST-713 between 1995 and 1997
  • Present Disposition, active in the Thai Navy
    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 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
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    USS Stark County (LST-1134)
    151k LST-1090 and LST-1134 (background) beached, circa 1945, place unknown. Duane Gallagher courtesy the collection of Harold Tait USS LST-1090
    Stark County 38k LST-1134 beached in South Korea, circa December 1948 - February 1950 Bruce Billig for his father
    CDR. August Billig USN Ret
    (deceased), CO USS LST-1134 Dec48 to Feb50.
    Stark County 73k Stark County (LST-1134) The "Hilo Queen" beached at Smugglers Cove, Kahoolawe Island (about 150 miles ESE of Honolulu) in support of a CB operation in October 1964. Ashley Waters ETN3 Stark County 1964 to 1966
    Stark County 131k Stark County (LST-1134) at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1961.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    HTMS Pangan (LST-713)
    Lincoln County 202k HTMS Pangan (LST-713) (ex-Stark County (LST-1134) moored pierside outboard of HTMS Lanta (LST-714) (ex-Stone County (LST-1141)) at the Royal Thai Navy Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao, 8 January 2005. Photo by Nye Nava
    Stark County 44k HTMS Pangan (LST-713) off the coast of Koh Chang, Thailand, 7 December 2005. Bootsaraporn Boosnampet
    Stark County 202k HTMS Pangan (LST-713) moored pierside at the Royal Thai Navy Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao, 13 January 2007. At this stage of her service life Pangan was used primarily for training. Photo by Nye Nava
    Lincoln County 195k The decommissioned Royal Thai Navy LSTs HTMS Pangan (LST-713) and HTMS Chang (LST-712) (ex-Lincoln County (LST-898) moored pierside at the Royal Thai Navy Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao, 14 January 2008. The patrol craft HTMS Pattani (511) is in the foreground. Photo by Nye Nava
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