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U.S.S. SUMMIT COUNTY
(LST-1146)THE GALLOPING GOAST OF
THE ARCTIC COAST (1947-1955)
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LST-1146 Deployments - Major Events
Add a LST-1146 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-1146 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 10 FEB 1945 | ||
MAY | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 30 MAY 1945 | ||
MAY | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 11 MAY 1945 | ||
JUL | 1945 | - | JUL | 1945 | Panama Canal |
SEP | 1945 | - | JAN | 1946 | West Pac |
NOV | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 NOV 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1946 | - | JUN | 1946 | Regular Overhaul |
MAY | 1947 | - | AUG | 1947 | Alaska Resupply Expeditions (BAREX-47) |
JUL | 1948 | - | SEP | 1948 | BAREX-48 |
JUL | 1949 | - | SEP | 1949 | BAREX-49 |
JUL | 1950 | - | SEP | 1950 | BAREX-50 |
JUL | 1951 | - | SEP | 1951 | BAREX-51 |
OCT | 1951 | - | MAY | 1952 | Inchon Landing |
JUN | 1952 | - | SEP | 1952 | BAREX-52 |
OCT | 1952 | - | DEC | 1952 | Regular Overhaul |
JUN | 1953 | - | SEP | 1953 | BAREX-53 |
OCT | 1953 | - | MAR | 1954 | West Pac |
MAR | 1954 | - | APR | 1954 | JTF-7 Operation CASTLE - Nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll |
OCT | 1954 | - | AUG | 1960 | HOME PORT changed from San Diego to Long Beach 10/01/54 |
JAN | 1955 | - | APR | 1955 | Regular Overhaul |
JUL | 1955 | - | JUL | 1955 | The ship with NO NAME was named SUMMIT COUNTY |
JUL | 1955 | - | SEP | 1955 | BAREX-55 |
JAN | 1956 | - | OCT | 1956 | West Pac |
JUL | 1956 | - | SEP | 1956 | Alaska |
JUN | 1957 | - | SEP | 1957 | Regular Overhaul |
JAN | 1958 | - | JUL | 1958 | West Pac |
JAN | 1959 | - | JUN | 1959 | West Pac |
AUG | 1960 | - | OCT | 1969 | HOME PORT changed from Long Beach to San Diego 08/01/60 |
AUG | 1960 | - | NOV | 1960 | Under-go FRAM MK-1 Modernization |
APR | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | MID-PAC / JTF-8 Operations DOMINIC -1 |
APR | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | MID-PAC operations / JTF-8 Operations Printed Material |
AUG | 1963 | - | OCT | 1963 | Dry Docked - began FRAM -II up grage |
AUG | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | MID-PAC operations/ U S Army's 25th Div. |
JAN | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 FEB 1965 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1965 | - | APR | 1965 | LST 1146 Hits Reef Chu Lai Vietnam Tears 4'x8' Hole in Main Eng. |
APR | 1966 | - | JUN | 1966 | LST 1146 Hits Reef Chu Lai Vietnam Tears 4'x8' Hole in Main Eng. |
MAY | 1966 | - | MAY | 1966 | LST 1146 Towed By Fleet Tug To Kei Lung Taiwan Stop Due Typhoon |
MAY | 1966 | - | JUN | 1966 | LST 1146 Towed By Fleet Tug To Sebaso Japan Dry Dock |
JAN | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | Regular Overhaul |
SEP | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1969 | - | OCT | 1969 | Deactivation process performed by ships company |
OCT | 1969 | - | OCT | 1969 | Decommisioned 31 October 1969 |
LST-1146 General Specifications
Class: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Complement: 7 Officers and 204 Enlisted
Displacement: 1490 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: 8 feet
Final Disposition: Sold to Ecuador 14 February 1977