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U.S.S. TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY
(LST-1154)WOUNDED WHALE
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USS TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (LST-1154 ) - a Talbot County-class tank landing ship
In Commission 1946 to 1970LST-1154 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 4 AUG 1945 at Boston Navy Yard | ||
JUL | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 19 JUL 1946 | ||
JUL | 1946 | - | Launch Date: 19 JUL 1946 | ||
MAY | 1958 | - | AUG | 1958 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1958 | - | AUG | 1958 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1962 | - | FEB | 1962 | Redesignated AVB-2 |
JUN | 1970 | - | Decommissioned: 15 JUN 1970 |
LST-1154 General Specifications
Class: Talbot County-class tank landing ship
Named for: Tallahatchie County
Complement: 272 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 6000 tons
Length: 383 feet
Beam: 54 feet
Flank Speed: 14 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping
USS TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (LST-1154)
LST-1154 was laid down on 4 August 1945 at Boston
Mass.
by the
Boston Navy Yard; launched on 19 July 1946
sponsored by Mrs. Wilder D.
Baker
and commissioned on 24 May 1949
Comdr. Courtland T. Babcock in command
LST-1154 held her shakedown in the Caribbean and returned to Boston
on 8 October. On 12 December
she was assigned duty as flagship for Tractor
Flotilla Two. Operating out of Little Creek
Va.
her home port
the tank
landing ship ranged the eastern seaboard from Labrador to ports in the Caribbean
until mid 1958. On 1 July 1955
the LST was named Tallahatchie County.
On 12 May 1958
Tallahatchie County stood out of Davisville
R. I.
and proceeded to the Mediterranean. During the six-month deployment
she
visited ports in Spain
Crete
Malta
Greece
Gibraltar
Italy
and Morocco
before returning to the United States on 12 December to resume east coast
operations. The LST deployed to the 6th Fleet again on 27 July 1959. She
returned to Davisville on 11 February 1960 and operated along the east coast
until entering the Charleston Naval Shipyard for conversion into an advance
aviation base ship.
On 3 February 1962
Tallahatchie County was redesignated AVB-2. She
now had a complement of 272 and quarters for the 180 men of an aircraft
squadron.
Her mission was to be able to beach anywhere that an airfield existed to
unload her 14 mobile support vans
and to be in full operation in four hours.
The vans contained spare parts and equipment for weather forecasting
aircraft
repairs
electronie repairs
and communications. On 15 May
Tallahatchie
County got underway for the Mediterranean and arrived at Naples
her
new home port
on 8 June 1962.
During the next 17 months
she conducted advance base problems at Souda
Bay
Crete
and Cagliari
Sardinia. From 1 November to 15 December 1963
she made a 4
800-mile cruise of the eastern Mediterranean in support of
the Naval Oceanographic Office. During the first part of 1964
Tallahatchie
County was overhauled at an Italian shipyard
Societa Escercizio
Bocini Napoletani
and then returned to operations in support of the
6th Fleet. During September 1964
she participated in an advance base exercise
in conjunction with NATO Operation "Fallex." In February 1965
the advance base ship was called upon to salvage a jet aircraft which had
splashed in shallow waters off the coast of Libya. She then returned to
Naples to prepare for her longest advance base operation to that time. Patrol
Squadron 24 operated from Tallachatchie's advance base in Souda Bay
from July through September while the runways at the Naval Air Facility
Sigonella
were being repaired.
Tallahatchie County operated out of Naples until 15 January 1970
when she was decommissioned and struck from the Navy list. She was sold
for scrap to Contieri Navali Santa Maria
Genoa
in July 1970.
[Note: The above USS TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (LST-1154) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (LST-1154) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]