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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Windham County (LST-1170)
ex
USS LST-1170 (1954 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - November - Charlie NPNC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (17 January 1966) - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation (3)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Congo, 1 Laos, 6-Vietnam)
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (13) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (10) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Windham County (LST-1170) was transferred to Turkey, renamed TCG Ertugrul (L-401)

LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 21 April 1953, at Christy Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Launched, 22 May 1954

Commissioned, USS LST-1170, 15 December 1954, LCDR Max Wells in command

Named USS Windham County (LST-1170), 1 July 1955

During the Vietnam War USS Windham County (LST-1170) participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Defense 3 to 8 August 1965 19 to 24 August 1965 31 October to 11 December 1965	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 5 August to 5 October 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 16 January to 22 February 1966 6 to 11 March 1966 21 to 23 May 1966	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 20 to 27 November 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 14 February to 16 April 1967	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 14 December 1970 to 26 February 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 29 June to 7 July 1967 8 November to 4 December 1967	Consolidation I 28 July to 9 September 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 15 to 30 June 1968	Consolidation II 27 February to 29 March 1972
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July to 19 August 1968	Vietnam Ceasefire 30 March to 3 May 1972 4 September to 9 October 1972 17 October to 16 November 1972
Tet 69/Counteroffensive 1 to 13 May 1969	.

Decommissioned, 1 June 1973

Transferred to Turkey, under the Security Assistance Program, renamed TCG Ertugrul (L-401)

Struck from the Naval Register, 6 August 1989

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS Windham County earned three Navy Unit Commendations, three Meritorious Unit Commendations, and thirteen campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS LST-1170
	29k	USS LST-1170 ready for launching at Christy Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI., 21 April 1953. US Navy photo	US Naval Historical Center
USS Windham County (LST-1170)
	48k	USS Windham County (LST-1170) arriving at Inchon, South Korea to load for Operation "Seven Seas" July- August 1963. Note the US Army tug alongside.	Photo by PFC Dan Liker, A-Troop, 2nd Recon Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 7th Infantry Division
	72k	*USS Windham County* (LST-1170)** arriving at Inchon, South Korea to load for Operation "Seven Seas" July- August 1963.	Photo by PFC Dan Liker, A-Troop, 2nd Recon Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 7th Infantry Division
	62k	*USS Windham County* (LST-1170) arriving at Inchon, South Korea to load for Operation "Seven Seas" July- August 1963. Photo taken from one of the Army tugs assisting Windham County** into her berth.	Photo by PFC Dan Liker, A-Troop, 2nd Recon Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 7th Infantry Division
	58k	*USS Windham County* (LST-1170), and either USS Washoe County (LST-1165) or USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166)** at Pohang, South Korea, preparing to reload equipment for the return trip to Inchon after the conclusion of Operation "Seven Seas" July- August 1963.	Photo by PFC Dan Liker, A-Troop, 2nd Recon Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 7th Infantry Division
	77k	*USS Windham County* (LST-1170)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1965	Joe Radigan, MACM, USN, Ret.
	71k	*USS Windham County* (LST-1170)** beached, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1966.	Joe Radigan, MACM, USN, Ret.
	119k	*USS Windham County* (LST-1170)** underway off the coast of South Vietnam, circa 1966.	Photo by Rich Krebs USS USS Washoe County (LST-1165)
	179k	From left to right; *USS Washoe County* (LST-1165), USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) and USS Windham County (LST-1170)** moored at Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan, January 1970.	Bob Morrison EN2 USS Washoe County
TCG Ertugrul (L-401)
	20k	Ex-Windham County (LST-1170) in Turkish service as *TCG Ertugrul* (L-401)** at anchor, date and place unknown.	Joe Radigan, MACM, USN, Ret.