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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Wexford County (LST-1168)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Hotel - Alpha
NRHA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (3) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medial

USS Wexford County (LST-1168) also served as the Spanish Naval vessel Martin Alvarez (L-12)

LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 27 February 1952, at Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Launched, 28 November 1953

Commissioned USS LST-1168, 15 June 1954

named USS Wexford County (LST-1168), 1 July 1955

During the Vietnam War USS Wexford County participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam Defense 10 to 30 September 1965 31 October to 4 November 1965	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 4 April to 7 May 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 15 December 1967 to 4 January 1968 16 to 29 January 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 19 to 29 July 1970 8 to 9- August 1970 6 to 11 November 1970
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 15 March 1968

Decommissioned, 29 October 1971

Sold to Spain, 29 October 1971, through the Security Assistance Program; Renamed Martin Alvarez (L-12) (Martin Alvarez was named after an 18th Century Spanish naval hero; she was the second Spanish warship of US origin to bear the name: the first one was a small gunboat acquired in 1878)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1976

Decommissioned and struck from the Spanish Naval Register in 1995

Final Disposition, scrapped (date unknown)

USS Wexford County earned one Meritorious Unit Commendation and five battle stars for Vietnam service

Specifications:
Displacement 2,590 t.(lt) 5,800 t.(fl)
Length 384'
Beam 55'
Draft 17'
Speed 14 kts.
Complement ships company and staff

Officers 16

Enlisted 189
Troop Accommodations

Officers 15

Enlisted 380
Boats

three LCVPs

one LCPL
Armament

three twin 3"/50 cal gun mounts

five single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

four General Motors 16-278A Diesel engines

two controllable pitch propellers, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Wexford County (LST-1168)
	57k	*USS Wexford County* (LST-1168)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Steve & Linda Snyder
	67k	*USS Wexford County* (LST-1168)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Steve & Linda Snyder
	27k	*USS Wexford County* (LST-1168)**, at Naval Station San Diego, circa June 1968	Steve & Linda Snyder
	104k	*USS Wexford County* (LST-1168)** looking forward from the bridge. She is underway in heavy seas with a deck load of vehicles, date and place unknown.	Dan Callahan
	58k	*USS Wexford County* (LST-1168)** in dry dock, date and location unknown.	Dan Callahan
	91k	From left to right *USS Wexford County* (LST-1168), USS Jerome County (LST-848), USS Polk County (LST-1084)** and two unidentified LSTs conducting landing practice off San Diego, circa the 1960s. Photograph received from USS Polk County, 1969. US Navy photo # NH 68713 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center

Martin Alvarez (L-12) *Namesake* - *Martín Álvarez Montemolín*. Born in Badajoz in 1766. Died in a hospital in Brest, 23 February 1801. A Grenadier in the Spanish Navy.
	61k	Ex-Wexford County (LST-1168) underway in Spanish service as Martin Alvarez (L-12), Alboran Sea, March 1985	Photo by Ignacio Lopez, ex member Armada Espanola
	71k	Ex-Ronquil (SS-396), in Spanish naval service. Named after the Spanish submarine pioneer, Isaac Peral (S-32) is seen at Barcelona, Spain, 22 January 1983. Partially visible is Martin Alvarez (L-12).	Photo by Fabio Peña
	68k	Martin Alvarez (L-12), at Barcelona, Spain. 22 January 1983. The aerial view provides a good view of the upper deck, which was used for vehicle storage, helicopter operations and VERTREP. The partially visible submarine was Isaac Peral (S 32).	Photo by Fabio Peña
	66k	Martin Alvarez (L-12), at Barcelona, Spain. 23 January 1983.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	93k	Martin Alvarez (L-12), at Barcelona, Spain. 23 January 1983.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	89k	Martin Alvarez (L-12) at Barcelona, Spain. 23 January 1983.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	1506k	Martin Alvarez (L-12) moored outboard of Velasco (L-11) at Genoa, Italy, 31 October 1993.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
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	702k	Martin Alvarez (L-12) underway in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, 1 November 1993.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli