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U.S.S. MONMOUTH COUNTY
(LST-1032)EVER READY - WAR AND PEACE.
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USS MONMOUTH COUNTY (LST-1032 ) - a LST-542-class tank landing ship
In Commission 1944 to 1946LST-1032 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-1032 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1032 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 9 JUN 1944 at Boston Navy Yard MA | ||
JUL | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 9 JUL 1944 | ||
AUG | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 1 AUG 1944 | ||
JUL | 1955 | - | JUL | 1955 | Named USS Monmouth County (LST-1032) |
JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | Recommisioning |
MAR | 1963 | - | MAR | 1963 | Recommisioned |
MAR | 1965 | - | SEP | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 APR 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | Dominican Republic |
SEP | 1966 | - | OCT | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1970 | - | Decommissioned: 12 AUG 1970 |
LST-1032 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Complement: 130 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 11 September 1971
USS MONMOUTH COUNTY (LST-1032)
LST‑1032 was
laid down 9 June 1944, by the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; launched 9 July
1944; sponsored by Mrs. Jennie M. Kneeland, and commissioned 1 August 1944, Lt.
J. M. Medina in command.
Following shakedown, LST‑1032 departed
New York, 8 September 1944, for the west coast, arriving at San Diego, 4
October. Continuing on to Hawaii, she embarked troops there and sailed 23
January 1945 to take part in the assault on Iwo Jima. While debarking marines
there, on 20 February, an enemy shell struck her bow, killing one marine and
wounding nine. Despite this, rough seas, and stiff Japanese opposition, she completed
debarking her troops and supplies on the 22d, and proceeded to Saipan.
She next sailed from Saipan to take part in the
Okinawa invasion, arriving off that island 1 April. Discharging her cargo and
men, she departed for Saipan, returning to Okinawa 30 May with more supplies. LST‑1032
then steamed to the Philippines, arriving San Pedro Bay 15 June. Until
Japan's surrender, she ferried troops and munitions among the Philippines, with
two additional runs to Okinawa. Then she carried occupation troops to the
Japanese home islands until 19 November, when she sailed for the United States,
arriving San Francisco 30 December.
Sailing to the east coast, LST‑1032 anchored
off Little Creek, Va., 15 April 1946, and joined the Amphibious Force, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet, with which she operated for the next 9 years. She joined
expeditions to Greenland in 1951 and 1952, and took part in training exercises
in the Caribbean. LST‑1032 was named Monmouth County 1 July
1955, decommissioned 14 October 1955, and berthed in the Florida Group,
Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
She transferred to the Philadelphia Group in
August 1961, and recommissioned 28 May 1963 as a unit of Reserve LST Squadron
2, based at Little Creek, Va. She was placed into full commission 21 December
1965, participating in the Dominican Republic crisis, again demonstrating the
Navy's vital role in keeping the peace in a troubled world. In 1966 Monmouth
County sailed to assist the people of South Vietnam in their struggle
against Asian communism.
Assigned to the Service Force, Pacific Fleet, she operated between the Demilitarized Zone and the Mekong Delta, carrying foodstuffs, ammunition, and construction equipment. Following a visit to the Republic of China in February 1967, she returned to Vietnam waters for three additional tours between 1968 and March 1970.
Decommissioned at Vallejo, Calif., and struck from the Navy list 12 August 1970, the ex-LST was sold for scrap to Zidell Exploration Inc., Portland, Oregon, on 11 September 1971.
LST‑1032 received four battle stars for World War II service.
Minor corrections and awaiting update, 7 August 2007
[Note: The above USS MONMOUTH COUNTY (LST-1032) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS MONMOUTH COUNTY (LST-1032), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]