USS WALWORTH COUNTY LST 1164 Ship Photos Page 1

Here are pictures of the USS WALWORTH COUNTY. They show the ship underway and various routine operations that were performed by the ship and crew.

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Here's a good pic of the ship circa 1954. It looks like the 20mm are there.

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Circa 1966

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Circa 1960

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Here is the WALWORTH COUNTY as the Paita ADT 141 in Peru's Navy

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Newport News Shipyard

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Main deck and superstructure. Who decided to paint the clover leafs white? Looks like she joined the spit and polish Navy

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FN Blascowicz approaching ship in LCVP. Good shot of the stern, superstructure, and the causeways

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Here's a pic supplied by Bob Gaetano of the ship in New York's East River

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Circa 65/66

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Circa 65/66

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Circa 65/66

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USS CROAKER 
SSN 246 alongside

Here we are loaded down with a couple of hundred tons of causeways trucks and other equipment.

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Looking down the ramp toward the open bow doors.

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Embarkation

Looking aft.  In the foreground left is the ground tackle for hauling the causeways up on the side of the ship.

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Minesweeper approaches the port quarter for replenishment. We refueled 5 minesweepers going across the Atlantic in Jan 1968.

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MSO 469 Approaches

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High lining with the MSO 469 USS SAGACITY

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Replenishing the USS SAGACITY MSO 469 

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MSO approaching Port Side


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Helo offlaoding 1966

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Helo approaching 1969

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Helo about to land 1969

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Helo landed 1969

Replenishment of stores by helicopter in the Med 1968.

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Replenishment LST 1164, USS ASHLAND LSD 1 ? and other ships of the 6Th Fleet.

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A helicopter approaches, it can't land but it can hover and drop a line down.

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SN Hill is removed from the ship for a family emergency. He's the orange dot below the helo at the bow of the ship. 1968

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Bow doors open inner door down and out comes an amtrack from the tank deck.

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The invasion is on. A line of amtracks launched from the belly of the Walworth County approaches the beach.

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Here the WALWORTH COUNTY is high lining with the USS FREMONT APA 44 in the Med 1968.

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The FREMONT's screws come out of the water. Remember the cavitations, thought it would shake the fillings out of my teeth.

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The end of the Med cruise. Offloading the troops and their gear in Moorhead City 8 June 1968

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A good picture of the forward gun tub 3"50 Mt31  starboard side with Mike Barnaba.

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Rich Kneiren taking a photo of a Russian ship breaking our formation. Playing chicken with them was a game we played.

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The Russian again with an LSD in the background, probably  the ASHLAND LSD 1

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Painting up the main deck after offloading. Looking forward toward port gun tub.

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Forward Mt 32 port side

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Main deck looking aft Portsmouth Va. dry dock early 1967

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USS LIBERTY GTR5 summer of 67 returned to the US after being attacked by Israel during the 6 day war 

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Small craft circling off the port and starboard bow of an APA awaiting the command to proceed to the beach.
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