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| These are some photos I found while going through some of the items in my Mother's house after she passed away. I had written little snippets on the back of each photo to describe where and what was going on. Like most Mom's, she never destroyed anything pertaining to her kids. I found stuff of my early school drawings there. The paper was so brittle when I opened it it broke. A few items from later years that I found were keepers, and my kids grabbed them like they were there favorite candies. |
After finally getting a name "Snohomish County - LST 1126" in 1955 the ship went on it's fifth Far East tour of duty making port in Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Hong Kong, some more than once, and surely other places I cannot recall. |
| Might I suggest you check into things your Mom may have saved concerning your Navy tour of duty? You may find photos or stuff for stories that you could submit for the website |
| The waters were not always smooth and friendly were they? Do you recall that patter, patter, bump, bump, or the long straining squeal as the ship rose and fell over that tall wave, or trying to get back to your watch with at least a half cup of coffee in the rolling seas, or seeing the warping of the decks and bulkheads inside the tank deck? Did you wrap your arm under the ropes of your bunk bindings to keep from rolling out of the bunk, doze a bit, and wake with your arm more asleep that you were? |
| Passing through Pearl Harbor, Hawaii again in 1955 (Benton) |
| Leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1955. Some views were not so pretty as you see on TV these days |
| Pearl Harbor in the distance 1955 so long for a while. Anyone remember "Danny's Bar" where they had a great band? |
| Okinawa 1955. We were part of a large contingent of ships and troops that re-enacted the Invasion of Okinawa in celebration of the tenth anniversary of that 1945 event. We were designated as a Hospital ship to receive casualties after we debarked our Amtraks. First time I recall a helicopter coming on to the ship. We didn't even have the cross mark on the deck as they have now days. |
| 1955 Moored in our "Normal" spot in Sasebo, Japan. The ride to and from liberty was long and sometimes pretty rocky as you can see from the waters in this photo. Bone cold comes to mind in describing that trip back to the ship after waiting at the docks in the winter for the liberty boat to show. Sometimes you took the "Water Taxi to get back ... if you had the "YEN" to. |
| 1955 Hawaii. Several of us rented a car and toured the island. We went through the Dole factory where they had all the Pinapple Juice you wanted to drink. They had a special fountain for tourist to use and drink until they were satisfied ... or sick. |
| 1955 in Sasebo, Japan we had a large group of orphans on board for Christmas Dinner, to tour the ship, and receive gifts that we had for them. It brought Christmas a bit closer to us all and it surely made these kids very happy that year. Notice that some had even dressed up in their Komos. There are other years that the ship performed this Christmas gift for orphans in Japan and likely other countries too. |
| Waher taxshe may ah sheep Sounds funny but you get the message!! Hong Kong 1955 |
| Highline transfer in 1955 with Holmes County. You might think it would be hard to get volunteers for this, but it was more of a privilege with many wanting to go but always in the back of the line. |
| Flooding of the dry dock in Sasebo , Japan 1955 |
| Downtown Hong Kong, 1955 |
| Communist China in yon distance 1955 |
| Tiger Balm Gardens, Hong Kong 1955 .. Seems that everyone visited this place. |
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| Photos of a few of the the many faucets of the USS SNOHOMISH COUNTY LST 1126 |