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Photo # NH 98370:  USS Jerome County operating off Oahu, 15 June 1968

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Jerome County (LST-848), 1945-1970.
Originally named LST-848.

USS LST-848, a 2366-ton LST-511 class tank landing ship built at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in January 1945. She went to the Pacific soon thereafter and performed logistics duties between the Marianas and Okinawa between June and August, when Japan agreed to surrender. LST-848 supported the occupation of Japan until late in 1945, then returned to the United States, arriving at San Francisco, California, in February 1946. She was decommissioned in August 1946 and remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet for the next thirteen years. In July 1955, while in "mothballs", the ship was renamed Jerome County.

Recommissioned in December 1959, during the first half of the 1960s Jerome County supported guided missile and nuclear weapons tests in the mid-Pacific and took part in amphibious training exercises along the U.S. West Coast. Between August and December 1965 she deployed to the Western Pacific to take part in Vietnam War operations. Two more combat tours were made in March-October 1966 and from December 1967 to June 1968, during which she provided transportation services in northern South Vietnam and operated in the Mekong River area.

In mid-1969 a planned fourth Southeast Asian deployment was cancelled, and Jerome County was instead prepared for transfer abroad. She became the Republic of Vietnam Navy ship Nha Trang in April 1970. Five years later, when South Vietnam was conquered by the North Vietnamese army, she escaped to the Philippines and subsequently became the Philippine Navy's Agusan Del Sur. The ship was disposed of in about 1992.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Jerome County (LST-848).

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 79571

USS LST-848
(Later: USS Jerome County)

Entering San Francisco Bay, California, circa February 1946.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 585 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98368

USS Jerome County (LST-848)


Makes a tight turn to starboard while underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 20 June 1963.
Taken by Photographer's Mate First Class L. Wall, of Utility Squadron One.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98369

USS Jerome County (LST-848)


Underway off shore, 27 April 1964.
Taken by Photographer's Mate Third Class Winfield S. Frazeur.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98370

USS Jerome County (LST-848)


Operating off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 15 June 1968.
Taken by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Timothy F. O'Sullivan, of squadron VC-1.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 68717

USS Jerome County (LST-848)


Off San Diego, California, circa the 1960s. USS Wexford County (LST-1168) is in the background.

Photograph received from USS Polk County (LST-1084), 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 68713

Landing Ships Tank (LST)


Conducting landing practice off San Diego, California, circa the 1960s. USS Wexford County (LST-1168) is in the foreground. Next two ships beyond are USS Jerome County (LST-848) and USS Polk County (LST-1084).

Photograph received from USS Polk County, 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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28 February 2003