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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154, AVB-2), 1949-1970.
Originally named LST-1154.

USS LST-1154, a 2250-ton LST-1153 class tank landing ship, was built at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts. She was commissioned in May 1949 and thereafter operated with the Atlantic Fleet. Renamed Tallahatchie County in July 1955, she deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in 1958 and in 1959-60. In 1961-62, she was converted to an advance aviation base ship and redesignated AVB-2. She was sent to the Mediterranean in mid-1962 to provide immediate support for the establishment of expeditionary air bases. Homeported at Naples, Italy, Tallahatchie County remained in the Mediterranean for the rest of her Navy service. She was decommissioned in January 1970 and sold for scrapping in July of that year.

This page features or provides links to all our views of USS Tallahatchie County.

For additional pictorial coverage of USS Tallahatchie County, see:

  • USS Tallahatchie County with USS Scorpion, April 1968; and
  • USS Tallahatchie County with USS Scorpion, April 1968 -- Part II.

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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 97229

    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)


    Beached at Soudha Bay, Crete, in November 1968.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant John R. Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: K-80753

    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)


    Leaves Pier 47 at Naples, Italy, en route to dry dock Bacino Number Two, 2 January 1969.
    USS Truckee (AO-147) is partially visible in the right background.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 505 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-80753.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-80754

    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)


    In dry dock Bacino Number Two at Naples, Italy, 2 January 1969.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 505 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-80754.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-80755

    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)


    In dry dock Bacino Number Two at Naples, Italy, 2 January 1969.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-80755.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-80756

    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)


    Transiting the Corinth Canal, Greece, on 18 March 1969.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 535 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-80756.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: NH 69796

    Insignia of USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)


    This emblem was received from the ship in 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 580 x 675 pixels

     


    We have no photographs of USS Tallahatchie County when she was designated LST-1154. However, the National Archives appears to hold views of LST-1154 as well as additional photographs of Tallahatchie County when she was AVB-2. The following list features some of these images.

    The images listed below are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-426125
    USS LST-1154 underway off President Roads, Massachusetts, 17 May 1949.
    Starboard bow aerial view of the ship running at what appears to be full speed.

  • Photo #: 80-G-426126
    USS LST-1154 underway off President Roads, Massachusetts, 17 May 1949.
    Starboard broadside aerial view of the ship running at what appears to be full speed.

  • Photo #: 80-G-426127
    USS LST-1154 underway off President Roads, Massachusetts, 17 May 1949.
    Bow-on (slightly to port) high aerial view of the ship running at what appears to be full speed.

  • Photo #: 80-G-426128
    USS LST-1154 underway off President Roads, Massachusetts, 17 May 1949.
    Starboard stern aerial view of the ship running at what appears to be full speed.

  • Photo #: USN 1059807
    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) underway in the Atlantic, February 1962, immediately after conversion to an AVB.
    Port side low aerial view, somewhat toward the bow.

  • Photo #: USN 1060577
    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) off the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina, 11 May 1962.
    Port bow surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1065639
    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2), photograph received in January 1963.
    Port stern surface view.

  • Photo #: USN 1121415
    USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) in April 1967.
    Starboard bow surface view.


    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • For additional pictorial coverage of USS Tallahatchie County, see:

  • USS Tallahatchie County with USS Scorpion, April 1968; and
  • USS Tallahatchie County with USS Scorpion, April 1968 -- Part II.


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


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    1 February 2000