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USS Greer County (LST-799)
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USS LST-799 (1944 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Zulu - Xray NGZX

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Okinawa, 3 April to 8 May 1945)) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (9)
Fourth Row - Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

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USS Greer County (LST-799) transferred to West Germany, renamed FGS Bamberg (A-1403) later sold to the Netherlands

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During World War II USS LST-799 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-Five, CAPT. H. E. Richter USN (24);
LST Group Seventy-Three, CDR. L. D. York USNR;
LST Division One Hundred Forty-Six and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 to 7 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-799 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
6 to 23 September 1945	1 to 5 May 1956
21 to 29 October 1945

During the Korean War USS LST-799 participated in the following campaigns:

Korean War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
North Korean Aggression 11 to 12 September 1959 18 September to 2 November 1950	UN Summer-Fall Offensive 9 July to 13 August 1951 27 September to 2 November 1951 26-27 November 1951
Communist China Aggression 15 to 28 December 1950	Second Korean Winter 28 November to -28 December 1951 17 January to 22 February 1952 11 March to 14 April 1952
Inchon Landing 13 to 17 September 1950	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 12 July to 11 August 1952
First UN Counter Offensive 22 March to 5 April 1951	Korea Summer-Fall 1953 4 to 30 June 1953 14 to 17 July 1953
Communist China Spring Offensive 27 April to 11 May 1951 15 to 20 May 1951 7 to 19 June 1951 8 July 1951

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

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)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
USS LST-799
	646k	USS LST-799 under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo # USN 1045713.		David Buell in honor of his father CWO4 Benton E. Buell, USN (Ret) USS Oak Hill
	138k	USS LST-799 on the pier at Inchon, South Korea in 1950, the result of miscalculating the extreme ebb and flow of the tides in that port. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1951.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	106k	USS LST-799 under way in the Sea of Japan enroute to Korea, date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1952.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
USS Greer County (LST-799)
	24k	USS Greer County (LST-799) at the outer breakwater, Long Beach Ca, circa 1955		Tom Willoughby courtesy James Strickland
	51k	USS Greer County (LST-799) underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
1016079908	296k	USS Greer County (LST-799) passing Alcatraz Island while underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. NAS Alameda photo		Jos Haver
	172k	USS Greer County (LST-799) docked at Vancouver BC, 4 December 1959. City of Vancouver Archives, Photo No. AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-4866, by Walter E. Frost.		Mike Green
FGS Bamberg (A-1403)
	785k	Ex-USS Greer County (LST-799) under way while in German naval service as FGS Bamberg (A-1403), date and location unknown.		Wolfgang Hechler

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USS Greer County (LST-799)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
LST-799, 1944-1946

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

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Millett, Daniel Caldwell, USNR	21 October 1944 - 14 October 1945
02	LT. Eames Jr., Orrin Augustus, USNR	14 October 1945 - 21 November 1945
03	LT. Hains, Randall Kenneth, USNR	21 November 1945 - 22 January 1946
04	LTjg. Dolan, Kline Monroe, USNR	22 January 1946 - 22 April 1946
	Decommissioned	22 April 1946 - 26 August 1950
05	LT. Houston, Trumond Edward, USN	26 August 1950 - November 1951
06	LT. Drummond, Paul Donald, USN	November 1951 - ?
07	LT. Weidner	1952 - ?
08	LT. Gygax, Rex, USN (USNA 1947	1954 - 1955
09	LT/LCDR. Barr, James Howard, USN	1955 - 18 August 1958
10	LT. Nutt Jr., Thomas Owen, USN	18 August 1958 - 18 February 1960
99	LCDR Robideaux Jr., Lloyd E.	no dates

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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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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