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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

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USS Barbour County (LST-1195)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - November - Golf - Quebec NNGQ

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - *Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind, 1-Grenada, 1-unknown) - *Vietnam Service Medal (1)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Campaign Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Frequent Wind) - Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

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Final Disposition, sunk as a target 6 April 2004, sunk by AGM-65 and AGM-84 damage at location: 022° 57' 20.0" North, 160° 05' 01.5" West Depth: 2560 fathoms Tonnage: 8500

Barbour County was the seventeenth ship of the twenty ship Newport tank landing ship class, which replaced the traditional bow door design LST. Two derrick arms support a thirty-ton, 112-foot bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other vehicles ashore, additionally, amphibious vehicles can be launched from the tank deck via the ship's stern gate and the ship's flight deck can accommodate most Navy helicopter types.

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Specifications:
Displacement 5,190 t.(lt), 8,550 t.(fl)
Length 522' 3" (ovl)
Beam 69' 9 1/2" (max)
Draft

max forward (fl) 13' 6"

max aft (fl) 16' 3" 15'

Speed 27 kts. max.

Complement

14 Officers

15 CPO

226 Other Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

18 Officers

21 SNCO

268 Other Enlisted

Boats

three 36' LCVPs

one 36' LCPL

Aircraft flight deck one spot

Armament

As Built

two twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

Upgraded

two 25mm chain guns

six .50 cal machine guns

one 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)

Propulsion

six 16 cylinder ALCO 16-251E main propulsion diesel engines

two shafts, three engines per shaft, 15,000shp

two controllable reversible pitch propellers, twin rudders

three ALCO 251-C, 8 cylinder generator sets, 750KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	110k	USS Barbour County (LST-1195) at sea, date and location unknown
	2197k	Aerial view of USS Barbour County (LST-1195) after running aground at Silver Strand Amphibious Base, 25 April 1984. Defense Imagery photo # DN-SC-85-00382 CORONADO, Calif. (25 April 1984), a US Navy photo now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil.		Robert M. Cieri
	316k	USS Barbour County (LST-1195) stranded and broached on the beach at Silver Strand Amphibious Boat area, Coronado, CA. 25-26 April 1984. US Navy photo.		Peter E. Skoutas and Robert Hurst
	92k	USS Barbour County (LST-1195) stranded and broached on the beach at Silver Strand Amphibious Boat area, Coronado, CA. 26 April 1984. USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167), at left, and either USS Quapaw (ATF-110) or USS Florikan (ASR-9) on the right, pulling Barbour County off the beach. US Navy photo		Peter E. Skoutas
	2705k	An Aerial view of the fleet tug USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) preparing to pull USS Barbour County (LST-1195) off the beach at Silver Strand Amphibious Boat area, Coronado, CA., 26 April 1984.. Defense Imagery photo # DN-SC-85-00380 CORONADO, Calif. (26 April 1984), a US Navy photo now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil.		Robert M. Cieri
	297k	USS Barbour County (LST-1195) departs from Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., 1 June 1991, enroute to Naval Station San Diego, CA., after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Storm. DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-04669 by OS2 Bouvia, USN, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center		Bill Gonyo and Robert Hurst
1016119510	270k	USS Barbour County (LST-1195) underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown. ©George Barber		Nicholas Tiberio
	93k	USS Barbour County (LST-1195) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	87k	The decommissioned USS Barbour County (LST-1195) at NISMF, Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 2000		Jim Bidient

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For more photos and information about USS Barbour County, see; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) Decommissioning Program The USS LST Ship Memorial LST Home Port State LST Chapters United States LST Association

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Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Schimming, John Gottlieb	12 February 1972 - July 1973
02	CDR. Carroll, Thomas Davis	July 1973 - July 1975
03	CDR. Clark Jr., Charles Wiggins	July 1975 - July 1977
04	CDR. Sisson, Robert Harsha	July 1977 - March 1978
05	CDR. Given, Philip Roberts	March 1978 - 23 June 1978
06	CDR. Greeson, Tommy Darell	23 June 1978 - 27 June 1980
07	CDR. Cloward, Richard Stuart	27 June 1980 - 15 June 1982
08	CDR. Donnelly Jr., John Thomas, USN (USNA 1964)	15 June 1982 - September 1984
09	CDR. Sego, Thomas Edward	September 1984 - 3 October 1986
10	CDR. Stewart, Wilton Robert	3 October 1986 - December 1988
11	CDR. Annis, Robert Earl, USN (USNA 1971)	December 1988 - February 1991
12	CDR. Wilkinson Jr., Joseph Beebe, USN (USNA 1972)	February 1991 - 30 March 1992

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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