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La Moure County (LST-1194), date and location unknown.
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La Moure County (LST-1194),s bow ramp in operation during 1973-1974 Med cruise. |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) underway, date and location unknown.
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LST-883 web site |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) underway, date and location unknown.
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USS La Moure County (LST-1194) web site |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) underway, date and location unknown.
©Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) underway, date and location unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. and Dan Decker USS Racine 1976-78 |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) moored pierside at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Norfolk, VA,, piers for overhaul work, 31 August 1991.
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DVIC photo # DN-ST-92-04196 by Don S. Montgomery USN, Ret., from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) moored pierside at Eastport, ME., 4 July 1996. |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) moored at NAB Little Creek shortly before deploying for the annual UNITAS 37-96 deployment on 25 July 1996. |
Photo by Ward Creech SK2 USN USS Spartanburg County 1988-91 |
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La Moure County (LST-1194) underway during UNITAS 37-96 on 25 July 1996. During the annual five month UNITAS deployment a US Navy task group circumnavigated South America while conducting combined exercises with participating navies.
US Navy photo # 960725-N-1030S-002 by PH1 J. Slaughenhaupt. |
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Caleta Cifuncho Bay, Chile, : On 12 September 2000, La Moure County (LST-1194) was preparing for an amphibious landing, part of the annual UNITAS exercise, and was operating with the Chilean LST Valdivia (ex-San Bernardino [LST 1189], a sister ship transferred to Chile several years ago). In the darkness and fog, La Moure County drove ashore on small rocky island just off the coast. Valdivia pulled her off the rocks and she anchored in Cifuncho Bay to evaluate the damage. Unofficial damage reports indicated massive damage to the hull and destruction of her propulsion systems.
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Caleta Cifuncho Bay, Chile. Following the grounding on the rocky coast of Chile, 12 September 2000, La Moure County (LST-1194) under went emergency repairs in Cifuncho Bay, to make her seaworthy for the 700 mile tow to Talcahuano, Chile. After getting underway October 28th, she arrived at Talcahuano on the 31st, under tow by the Chilean icebreaker Oscar Viel Toro. This was her final port, as repairs to her severely damaged hull and machinery were judged to be uneconomical. She is seen here at anchor in Cifuncho Bay, where she lay from September 12th to October 28th.
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Ex La Moure County (LST-1194), sunk as a target, 10 July 2001. As part of the annual UNITAS exercise she was towed offshore and expended as a target. She is seen here during the first phase of the SINKEX, a gunfire exercise.
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Ex La Moure County (LST-1194), overhead view showing the ship later in the exercise, burning after several missile hits. She was eventually finished off by submarine-launched torpedoes.
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