USS Talbot County (LST-1153)

The USS "Talbot County" (LST-1153) was a tank landing ship (LST) built for the United States Navy just after World War II. The lead ship of her class of only two vessels, she was named after counties in Maryland and Georgia, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

LST-1153 was laid down on 19 July 1945 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 24 April 1947; sponsored by Mrs. Lena Mickelson; and commissioned on 3 September 1947. LST-1153 spent her entire career as a unit of the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, operating along the east coast of the United States interspersed with deployments to the Mediterranean. On 1 July 1955 she was redesignated USS "Talbot County" (LST-1153), and was decommissioned on 3 April 1970 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 May 1973, "Talbot County" was sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service one year later, on 1 May 1974.

References

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* cite web|title=LST-1153 "Talbot County"|work=Amphibious Photo Archive
url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/161153.htm|accessdate=June 19|accessyear=2007

External links

* [http://www.hullnumber.com/LST-1153 LST-1153 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com]

ee also

* USS "Tallahatchie County" (LST-1154)
* List of United States Navy LSTs
* Talbot County, Maryland
* Talbot County, Georgia