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USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)
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USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154) (1955 - 1962)
USS LST-1154 (1949 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - India - Bravo
NKIB

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

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Final Disposition, sold for scrap to Contieri Navali Santa Maria, Genoa, in July 1970

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Specifications:
Displacement 6,000 t; Length 328'
Beam 54'
Draft 14' 5"
Speed 14 kts.
LST Complement 272
AVB Complement 190
LST Troop Accommodations 197
Armament

two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

two single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

two 450 psi Babcock and Wilcox boilers

two geared turbines, forward engine room, Westinghouse, after engine room General Electric

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
USS LST-1154
	85k	USS LST-1154 date and location unknown.		LST Home Port Web Site
	57k	USS LST-1154 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo form "All Hands" magazine November 1949		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	43k	USS LST-1154 beached on an LST ramp, date and location unknown. US Navy photo form "All Hands" magazine, April 1951		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154)
	65k	USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154) at Soudha Bay Create, 1958		Photo by Fred Gefken Submitted by Ben Jones
	106k	USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154) underway, circa 1962, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1968-69."		Robert Hurst and David Buell
USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)
	41k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) underway, circa 1962, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1968-69."		Robert Hurst
	74k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) at Soudha Bay Create, 1966		Photo by Thomas Landon PH3 Submitted by Ben Jones
	107k	USS Traverse County (LST-1160) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2), Malta, 1968		Photo by © RD3 Jerry Search via Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret crew member 1968-70
	100k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo # NH 68135 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969		US Naval Historical Center
	90k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 68136 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	69k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 68137 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	97k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 68138 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	71k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 68139 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	75k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 68140 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	94k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 68141 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	72k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 70307 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	63k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion. US Navy photo NH 70306 Courtesy Lt John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.		US Naval Historical Center
	118k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) beached at Souda Bay, Crete, in November 1968. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 70306, courtesy LT. John R Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County.1969.		Robert Hurst
	78k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) leaves Pier 47 at Naples, Italy, en route to dry dock Bacino Number Two, 2 January 1969. USS Truckee (AO-147) is partially visible in the right background. US Navy photo # K-80753		US Naval Historical Center
	81k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) in dry dock Bacino Number Two at Naples, Italy, 2 January 1969. US Navy photo # K-80754		US Naval Historical Center
	96k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) in dry dock Bacino Number Two at Naples, Italy, 2 January 1969. US Navy photo # K-80755		US Naval Historical Center
	102k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) transiting the Corinth Canal, Greece, 18 March 1969. US Navy photo # K-80756		US Naval Historical Center
	258k	USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.		Stan Svec
	1332k	Ex-USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) at La Spezia, Italy, 26 July 1970, awaiting the scraper torch.		Photo by Carlo Martinelli

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USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Reunion Information
Contact: Dave Callahan President Address: 34 Colonial Road, Rochester, N.Y. 14609 Phone: (585) 482-6928 E-mail: Dave Callahan

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
USS Tallahatchie County LST 1154
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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