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303k | Barnstable County (LST-1197) Builders Plate | A. Freudig | |
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119k | Barnstable County (LST-1197) launching, 2 October 1971, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA. | Tommy Trampp | |
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24k | The recently completed Barnstable County (LST-1197) moored at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.,
1 May 1972. US National Archives photo #'s USN 1152418 and USN 1152417, US Navy photos now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
Robert Hurst US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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113k | Barnstable County (LST-1197) under way, date an location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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56k | Barnstable County (LST-1197) under way, date an location unknown | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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262k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) arriving at an anchorage in the Kythira Strait, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 25 June 1976. Photo from the Soviet DDG Krasny Krim. | Eugene Ivkin | |
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35k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197), at Barcelona, Spain, 15 February 1979. | Photo by Fabio Peña | |
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108k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) at Augusta Bay, Sicily, circa 30 January 1976. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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53k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) at Nordbynes, Norway, as troops and vehicles disembark during the NATO exercise Cold Winter (Coldex-Flotex`81), 1 March 1981. Photo by JO1 Gary Miller USN Department of Defense photo # DNSN8201126 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret | |
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1038k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) with LCU-1664 alongside, 1 October 1981, after landing on the beach during Exercise Crisex '81. U.S. National Archive Photo # NN33300514 2005-06-30. ID: DF-ST-83-04489 a US Marine Corps photo by SSgt. Jose Lopez, Jr. USMC |
Robert Hurst | |
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64k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) at Barcelona, Spain, 27 December 1981. This photo shows close-up details of the derrick arms, bow doors and superstructure, with a passage to permit vehicles to shift between the forward (tank) and aft (helicopter) decks. Just visible inboard of Barnstable County is the bow of USS Raleigh (LPD-1). | Photo by Fabio Peña | |
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83k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) at Barcelona, Spain, 2 January 1982. View of the stern ramp which permitted unloading amphibious vehicles into the water while the ship was underway, "mated" to a landing craft, a causeway, or beached. The anchor helped to retract the ship off the beach. USS Raleigh (LPD 1) is alongside outboard. | Photo by Fabio Peña | |
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206k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) underway off Norfolk, VA. date unknown.
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Nicholas Tiberio | |
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107k | Starboard bow view of USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 6 June 1989. Defense Imagery photo # DN-SC-90-11767 ATLANTIC OCEAN (6 June 1989), a US Navy photo by CW04 Thomas now in the collections of Defense Imagery.com. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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109k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) passes along the Strait of Magellan during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations, 1 September 1991. DVIC photo # DN-ST-92-04006 by PH2 John Bivera, USN, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center |
Bill Gonyo | |
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30k | A Marine looks out from the hatch of an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault personnel vehicle as it returns to USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) during the ships 1991 West African Training Cruise, 1 November 1991. Photo by PH1(SW) Michael D.P. Flynn USN Department of Defense # DNST9205911 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret | |
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96k | Marines assigned to USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) stand in formation on a pier in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, during the ship's 1991 West African Training Cruise, 19 November 1991. DVIC photo # DN-ST-92-05901 by PH1 Michael D. P. Flynn, USN, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center |
Bill Gonyo | |
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21k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197), under way, mid-Atlantic Ocean 1993. | A. Freudig | |
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21k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) underway in mid-Atlantic Ocean 1993, trailing USS Wasp (LHD-1) and USS El Paso (LKA-117) | A. Freudig | |
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257k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) looking from the main deck down to the well deck, circa 1993. | A. Freudig | |
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217k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) Bravo Company 1/2 berthing area. | A. Freudig | |
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75k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) conducting amphibious operations, date an location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
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125k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) moored pierside at Key West, FL. Photo by Ray Blazevic. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00040116x. |
Robert Hurst | |
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108k | USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) ship's plaque. | Peter Miro |
USS Barnstable County Additional Ships Patches |
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Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CDR. Ellsworth Jr., Warren Reginald, USN (USNA 1957) | 25 May 1972 - 18 January 1974 |
02 | LCDR. Lang Jr., Joseph McCarty, USN Obituary | 18 January 1974 - 20 April 1976 |
03 | CDR. Bell, Joe Latimer, USN | 20 April 1976 - 13 June 1978 |
04 | CDR. Benson, George Martin, USN | 13 June 1978 - 4 July 1980 |
05 | CDR. Dooley, Roy Louis, USNR | 4 July 1980 - 13 July 1982 |
06 | CAPT. Wagner, Tod William | 13 July 1982 - 25 July 1984 |
07 | CDR. Franconeri, James Joseph | 25 July 1984 - 5 March 1985 |
08 | CAPT. Hopson, Thomas Edward | 5 March 1985 - 8 May 1987 |
09 | CAPT. Owen, Donald George | 8 May 1987 - 25 July 1989 |
10 | CDR. Enderly, Richard Harold, USN (USNA 1971) | 25 July 1989 - 27 June 1991 |
11 | CAPT. Hayes, Thomas Mather | 27 June 1991 - 11 May 1993 |
12 | CDR. Naeger Jr., Henri William, USN (USNA 1974) | 11 May 1993 - 29 June 1994 |
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