The goal of our non-profit Westchester County LST 1167 Association is to memorialize these fallen brothers by strategically placing memorial stones throughout these United States so their families and loved ones may visit. We already have site approval in Washington DC near the Vietnam Memorial as well as in Dallas, Texas.

USS Westchester County (LST-1167) was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy at the tail end of the Korean War. Named for Westchester County, New York, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. The ship served in the Vietnam War and was damaged by limpet mines set by Viet Cong frogmen.

USS Westchester County (LST-1167) moored on the Bode River, South Vietnam in 1970 as Seawolf gunships land on the ship. The ship is at yoke moor, which provided a wind from port to starboard for landing helicopters and a lee on the starboard side for securing PCFs.

"Wounded and temporary unconscious in his devastated berthing compartment, HM1 Sullivan regained consciousness and stayed in the explosive area leading two of his injured shipmates to safety. He then dressed his own wounds quickly and treated other wounded patients.

LST 1167 was commissioned on 10 March 1954, Lt. Commander Leonard F. Lacey at the command. LST 1167 departed New Orleans on 8 April 1954 and reached the Naval Amphibious Base at Little Creek, Virginia on 14 April. The rest of 1954 was spent in amphibious warfare training exercises in the Chesapeake Bay.

USS Westchester County LST 1167 Remembering the Westchester County mining in the Mekong Delta on November 1, 1968. Two mines exploded next to the operations and first-class berthing and caved in a berthing compartment for 9th Infantry killing five soldiers.

For exceptionally meritorious service from 16 March 1966 to 30 April 1972, in providing logistic support to U. S. Navy, U. S. Coast Guard, and Free World Naval Forces in Military Regions ONE, TWO, THREE and FOUR, Republic of Vietnam.

1998年12月22日 · The LST served as a Mobile Riverine Force support ship in the Mekong Delta from 24 October through 31 December 1967. Westchester County spent the early weeks of 1968 continuing service as a Mobile Riverine support ship. On 26 January, the tank landing ship began a series of lifts from Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippines to Vietnam.

Preserve the military record, and naval history of the U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167, and to perpetuate the memory of her service. Honor those who gave their lives in the service of this country while aboard U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167. Comfort those who lost family, shipmates, and friends aboard the U.S.S. Westchester County, LST ...

I want to remember the Westchester County LST 1167, my ship. On November 1, 1968, the Wesco as it was known, was anchored on the muddy My Tho River, upstream from Vung Tau, South Vietnam. At 0322 two massive explosions ripped through the starboard side killing 25 and wounding another 22, the Navy's greatest single-incident combat loss of life ...