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พิพิธภัณฑ์เรือหลวงพงัน ( LST-713) |
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LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 18 December 1944,
at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
Launched, 16 March
1945
Commissioned USS LST-1134, 7 April 1945, LT. Charles R.
Barheght USNR in command
During World War II USS LST-1134
was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla
Thirty-Four, CAPT. H. H. Tiemroth;
LST Group One Hundred
LST Div One Hundred Ninety-Nine
Following World War II
USS LST-1134 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East
from 15 September 1945 to 4 January 1946
During the
Korean War USS LST-1134 participated in the following campaigns:
Korean War Campaigns
Campaigns and Dates:
Inchon Landing
13 to 17 September 1950
Communist China Aggression 14 to 27
December 1950
North Korean Aggression 18 to 24 September 1950
Named Stark County (LST-1134), 1 July 1955
Decommissioned, 16 May 1966, and transferred to Thailand and
commissioned into the Royal Thai Navy as HTMS Pangan (LST-13)
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Renumbered by the Thai Navy LST-713 between 1995 and 1997
Decommissioned by the Thai Navy, date unknown, to be used as
a museum and tourist attraction at Koh Phangan, Thailand
Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval
Intelligence-1945)
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl)
(sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
Length 328' o.a.
Beam 50'
Draft
(light) - 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
(sea-going) 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
(landing) 3' 11" fwd, 9'
10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
Complement
7 officers
104 enlisted Troop
Accommodations
16 officers
147 enlisted
Boats
2
LCVP
Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads
between 1600 and 1900 tons)
Typical loads
One Landing
Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles,
artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp
or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from
main deck
Additional capacity included sectional pontoons
carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino
Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the
causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from
deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to
be grounded forward after ballasting
Armament (varied
with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting
was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design
for United States vessels was
2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk.
51 directors
4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
12 single 20MM gun
mounts
Propulsion
two General Motors 12-567, 900hp
Diesel engines
two propeller shafts
twin rudders |
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Ko Pha-ngan |
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Ko Pha-ngan |
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