Certificate declaring LST-1083 as the first LST to anchor in Tokyo Bay
She returned to San Francisco after the war, and was decommissioned in August 1946. She was recommissioned on 8 September 1950 and served in the Korean War, finally returning to California in July 1954. She was named Plumas County on 1 July 1955 and spent the rest of her career operating off California, and in the Pacific, carrying out joint amphibious exercises with Nationalist China and South Korea. She was placed in reserve at Sasebo on 22 August 1961, and was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in December 1965.
Plumas County earned one battle star during World War II and three battle stars during the Korean War.
plumas, county, 1083, class, tank, landing, ship, united, states, navy, unlike, many, class, which, received, only, numbers, were, disposed, after, world, survived, long, enough, named, july, 1955, lsts, still, commission, were, named, counties, parishes, 1083. USS Plumas County LST 1083 was an LST 542 class tank landing ship in the United States Navy Unlike many of her class which received only numbers and were disposed of after World War II she survived long enough to be named On 1 July 1955 all LSTs still in commission were named for US counties or parishes LST 1083 was given the name Plumas County after Plumas County California USMC DUKW entering LST 1083 USS Plumas County during maneuvers near Oakland CaliforniaHistoryUnited StatesNameUSS Plumas County LST 1083 NamesakePlumas County CaliforniaBuilderAmerican Bridge Company Ambridge PennsylvaniaLaid down22 November 1944Launched14 January 1945Commissioned13 February 1945Recommissioned8 September 1950DecommissionedAugust 1946ReclassifiedReserve status from 22 August 1961 Transferred to MSTS in December 1965Honors andawardsOne battle star for World War II Four battle stars for the Korean WarGeneral characteristicsClass and typeLST 542 class LSTDisplacement1 490 tons light 4 080 tons full load of 2 100 tons Length328 ft 100 m Beam50 ft 15 m Draft8 ft 2 4 m forward 14 ft 4 in 4 37 m aft full load PropulsionTwo diesel engines two shaftsSpeed10 8 knots 20 km h max 9 knots 17 km h econ Complement7 officers 204 enlistedArmament8 40 mm guns 12 20 mm gunsShe was built in Ambridge Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company and was launched on 14 January 1945 She passed through the Panama Canal and saw combat action at Midway Wake Island the Marshall Islands Guam Saipan the Mariana Islands Leyte in the Philippines and Okinawa She was the first LST to drop anchor in Japanese waters after the atom bomb was dropped and was present at the signing of the Japanese surrender Certificate declaring LST 1083 as the first LST to anchor in Tokyo Bay She returned to San Francisco after the war and was decommissioned in August 1946 She was recommissioned on 8 September 1950 and served in the Korean War finally returning to California in July 1954 She was named Plumas County on 1 July 1955 and spent the rest of her career operating off California and in the Pacific carrying out joint amphibious exercises with Nationalist China and South Korea She was placed in reserve at Sasebo on 22 August 1961 and was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in December 1965 Plumas County earned one battle star during World War II and three battle stars during the Korean War References EditThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations July 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Haze Gray and Underway This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States Armed Forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Plumas County LST 1083 amp oldid 1076078053, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
