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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)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind, 1-Grenada, 1-unknown)
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, shaft horsepower 15,000

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.		Robet M. Cieri
	127k	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
	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. Skutas
	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
	114k	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
	87k	The decommissioned USS Barbour County (LST-1195) at NISMF, Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 2000		Jim Bidient

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View the USS Barbour County (LST-1195)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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