USS Sumner County (LST-1148) was a LST-542 -class tank landing ship in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. [2] LST-1148 was laid down on 15 February 1945 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. Launched on 22 …

Tank landing ship USS Sumner County (LST-1148) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Note ship's crew manning the rails, and destroyer in distant background. National Archives photograph, USN...

1999年4月18日 · On 1 July 1955 the LST was formally named USS Sumner County (LST-1148) to honor counties in Kansas and Tennessee. Sumner County deployed to the Far East again from 28 August 1956 to early May 1957. After a two-month leave and upkeep period at San Diego, she departed on 17 July for Hawaii and Operation “Tradewinds,” returning on 31 August.

During the Vietnam War USS Sumner County (LST-1148) served continuously in country and in contiguous waters, with the exception of overhaul periods, from late 1965 to late 1968 participating in the following campaigns. (Dates listed do not include underway transit times within the contiguous waters along the Vietnam coast as defined by the US ...

LST-1148 was laid down on 15 February 1945 at Seneca, III., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 23 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Helen M. Fay; and commissioned on 9 June 1945, Lt. Richard...

USS Sumner County (LST-1148) was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

Caption: Tank landing ship USS Sumner County (LST-1148) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Note ship's crew manning the rails, and destroyer in distant background.

USS Sumner County (LST-1148) was a LST-542 -class tank landing ship in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. [2] LST-1148 was laid down on 15 February 1945 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. Launched on 22 …

2024年5月23日 · Naval Military Personnel Command. 1982-1991, Sumner County (LST-1148) - September 1962. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America , http://catalog.archives.gov/id/176095121 MLA citation style

The LSTs 1148, 758, 887 and Atlas participated In Operation “Passage to Freedom.” The ships lifted refugees from Northern Vietnam to freedom in the south in the largest mass evacuation of a civilian populace in history.