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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 - Xray - India - Bravo
 NXIB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
LST-1153 Talbot County Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. (date unknown)
  • Launched, 19 July 1946
  • Commissioned USS LST-1154, 24 May 1949, CDR. Courtland T. Babcock USN, in command
  • Named USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154), 1 July 1955
  • Reclassified as Advance Aviation Base Ship (AVB-2), 3 February 1962
  • Decommissioned and Struck from the Naval Register 15 January 1970
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in July 1970 to Contieri Navali Santa Maria, Genoa, Italy
    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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    USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154)
    Tallahatchie County 85k USS LST-1154 date and location unknown. LST Home Port Web Site
    Tallahatchie County 57k USS LST-1154 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo form "All Hands" magazine November 1949    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Tallahatchie County 106k USS LST-1154 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 David Buell
    Tallahatchie County 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)
    Tallahatchie County 65k USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154) at Soudha Bay Create, 1958 Photo by Fred Gefken
    Submitted by Ben Jones
    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)
    Tallahatchie County 41k USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) underway, circa 1962, location unknown. US Navy Photo Robert Hurst
    Tallahatchie County 74k USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) at Soudha Bay Create, 1966 Photo by Thomas Landon PH3
    Submitted by Ben Jones
    Traverse County 107k USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) and Traverse County (LST-1160) at Malta, 1968 Photo by © RD3 Jerry Search
    via Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    crew member 1968-70
    Tallahatchie County 100k USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 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
    Tallahatchie County 102k USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) transiting the Corinth Canal, Greece, 18 March 1969.
    US Navy photo # K-80756    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    Address: 109 Main St, Bluffton, IN., 46714
    Phone: (219) 824-8292
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