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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

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1945-Keel Date: 10 FEB 1945
MAY1945-Commissioned: 30 MAY 1945
MAY1945-Launch Date: 11 MAY 1945
JUL1945-JUL1945Panama Canal
SEP1945-JAN1946West Pac
NOV1945-Shellback Initiation - 14 NOV 1945 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1946-JUN1946Regular Overhaul
MAY1947-AUG1947Alaska Resupply Expeditions (BAREX-47)
JUL1948-SEP1948BAREX-48
JUL1949-SEP1949BAREX-49
JUL1950-SEP1950BAREX-50
JUL1951-SEP1951BAREX-51
OCT1951-MAY1952Inchon Landing
JUN1952-SEP1952BAREX-52
OCT1952-DEC1952Regular Overhaul
JUN1953-SEP1953BAREX-53
OCT1953-MAR1954West Pac
MAR1954-APR1954JTF-7 Operation CASTLE - Nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll
OCT1954-AUG1960HOME PORT changed from San Diego to Long Beach 10/01/54
JAN1955-APR1955Regular Overhaul
JUL1955-JUL1955The ship with NO NAME was named SUMMIT COUNTY
JUL1955-SEP1955BAREX-55
JAN1956-OCT1956West Pac
JUL1956-SEP1956Alaska
JUN1957-SEP1957Regular Overhaul
JAN1958-JUL1958West Pac
JAN1959-JUN1959West Pac
AUG1960-OCT1969HOME PORT changed from Long Beach to San Diego 08/01/60
AUG1960-NOV1960Under-go FRAM MK-1 Modernization
APR1962-DEC1962MID-PAC / JTF-8 Operations DOMINIC -1
APR1962-DEC1962MID-PAC operations / JTF-8 Operations Printed Material
AUG1963-OCT1963Dry Docked - began FRAM -II up grage
AUG1964-DEC1964MID-PAC operations/ U S Army's 25th Div.
JAN1965-NOV1965West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1965-Shellback Initiation - 18 FEB 1965 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1965-APR1965LST 1146 Hits Reef Chu Lai Vietnam Tears 4'x8' Hole in Main Eng.
APR1966-JUN1966LST 1146 Hits Reef Chu Lai Vietnam Tears 4'x8' Hole in Main Eng.
MAY1966-MAY1966LST 1146 Towed By Fleet Tug To Kei Lung Taiwan Stop Due Typhoon
MAY1966-JUN1966LST 1146 Towed By Fleet Tug To Sebaso Japan Dry Dock
JAN1967-APR1967Regular Overhaul
SEP1967-MAY1968West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1969-OCT1969Deactivation process performed by ships company
OCT1969-OCT1969Decommisioned 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