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| Date Port/At sea Activity
Jan 1954 San Diego Arrived from Oakland Yards Feb 16, 1954 San Clemente Training Feb 17, 1954 San Diego Forest Phelps, Robert Canning report Mar 1954 San Clemente Beachings Apr 1954 Camp Pendelton A Co 3rd Amphib Tractor Batt. Load/off load May 1954 San Clemente LVTs May 1954 San Diego Highline LST 529 May 1954 San Diego Refuel LSM 462 Jun 1954 Delmar DUKW’s Load/Offload Jun 1954 Silver Sand Landings Jul 1954 Monterey Open house Jul 1954 San Clemente Gunnery firing with LST 836 Jul 1954 San Clemente Drills/Helicopter landings Jul 1954 San Clemente Manual Steering gear operation Aug 1954 Coronado 5 Beachings LVT’s on-off (ORI Inspection) 22 Sept 1954 At Sea-Pacific Enroute to Pearl Harbor w/LST 1138 30 Sep 1954 Pearl Harbor Arrive Pearl Harbor 4 Oct 1954 At Sea-Pacific Enroute to Yokosuka, Japan W/ LST 836 11 Oct 1954 At Sea-Pacific Highline with LST 836 22 Oct 1954 Yokosuka, Japan Arrive Japan 4 Nov 1954 Leave for Korea Enroute to Inchon, Korea 6 Nov 1954 Arrive Inchon Load troops and LVTs 7 Nov 1954 Leave Inchon Manuevers 8 Nov 1954 Arrive Inchon Unload troops/LVTs 9 Nov 1954 Inchon, Korea Load Troops/LVTs 9 Nov 1954 Inchon, Korea Svoboda receives scullery burn 9 Nov 1954 Leave Inchon Enroute Tokchok, Korea 10 Nov 1954 Leave Tokchok Anchor on mud bottom Inchon 12 Nov 1954 Leave Inchon Arrive Tokchok Island, Korea 13 Nov 1954 Tokchok, Island Disembark troops/LVTs 13 Nov 1854 Tokchok, Island Reload Troops/ LVTs 14 Nov 1954 Tokchok, Island Disembark- Reload Troops/LVTs 15 Nov 1954 Leave Tokchok Enroute to Inchon, Korea 16 Nov 1954 Inchon, Korea Embark troops/LVTs 17 Nov 1954 Leave Inchon Arrive Tokchok Island Anchor/Load LVT-Troops 19 Nov 1954 Tokchok Island Launched LVT/Troops – enroute Inchon 20 Nov 1954 Arrive Inchon Anchor 20 Nov 1954 Inchon Gary Adair cut eyebrow in LCVP 21 Nov 1954 Leave Inchon Enroute Sasebo 23 Nov 1954 Arrive Sasebo Refuel 69000 gal. 23 Nov 1954 Moored Sasebo XRAY 3 Buoy with LST 836 & LST 1138 4 Dec 1954 Sasebo, Japan Surprise inspection ComLandShip 3 6 Dec 1954 Leave Sasebo Enroute to Kagoshima, Japan 9 Dec 1954 Arrive Kogoshima Kagoshima, Japan 12 Dec 1954 Leave Kagoshima Enroute to Nagasaki, Japan 14 Dec 1954 Arrive Nagasaki Moore dock alongside USS Pittsburgh CA 72* 19 Dec 1954 Leave Nagasaki Enroute to Sasebo 20 Dec 1954 Arrive Sasebo Moored with LST 1138, LST 1110, ARL 30 2 Jan 1955 Leave Sasebo Enroute to Beppu, Japan 3 Jan 1955 Arrive Beppu, Japan Moored 6 Jan 1955 Leave ISE Return 9 Jan 1955 Leave Beppu Enroute to Sasebo 10 Jan 1955 Arrive Sasebo Moore XRAY Buoy 23 Jan 1955 Leave Sasebo Enroute to Camp McGill 26 Jan 1955 Leave Camp McGill Enroute to Sasebo 27 Jan 1955 Arrive Sasebo Moored 30 Jan 1955 Leave Sasebo Enroute to Kobe, Japan 2 Feb 1955 Arrive Kobe, Japan Moored 5 Feb 1955 Leave Kobe, Japan Enroute to Okinawa 8 Feb 1955 Arrive Naha Arrive Naha Okinawa 8 Feb 1955 Beached LST Beach Off loaded Cargo – Moored to Pier 3 9 Feb 1955 Leave Okinawa Enroute to Inchon, Korea 14 Feb 1955 Arrive Inchon Load cargo 15 Feb 1955 Leave Inchon Enroute to Camp McGill 20 Feb 1955 Arrive Camp McGill Disembark LVTs/Troops 20 Feb 1955 Leave Camp McGill Enroute to Yokosuka 21 Feb 1955 Arrive Yokosuka Moore 25 Feb 1955 Leave Yokosuka Enroute to Inchon 1 Mar 1955 Arrive Inchon Service Water Barge BG 6413 10,000 gallons 3 Mar 1955 Leave Inchon Enroute to Yokosuka 5 Mar 1955 Arrive Sasebo Moored 9 Mar 1955 Enter Dry Dock Sasebo 17 Mar 1955 Leave Dry Dock Moored, Sasebo 21 Mar 1955 Leave Sasebo Enroute to Inchon 23 Mar 1955 Arrive Inchon Beach on Charlie Landing 23 Mar 1955 Leave Inchon Enroute to Pearl Harbor Apr 15 1955 Arrive Kaneohe T.H. Beached Pearl Harbor 17 Apr 1955 Leave Hawaii Enroute to San Diego 28 Apr 1955 Arrive San Diego Moored to buoy |
| I went to the National Archives and Records facility in Washington, DC to get information for the years I was on the USS Snohomish County - LST 1126. I found out when I got there they had what they call pull times which is when they will go into the lower levels where the records are and bring out the ones people have ordered. I got there at a bad time as the pull had just finished. Therefore I had to wait a pretty long time before they went down again to get the records of the ship I wanted. I was visiting my son who lives in DC and he and my wife were downstairs waiting on me. I had to cut the visit short and this is all I noted on some paper. I only noted various days and events the ship made port or left to get an idea of where all we went during the Far East Tour in 1954-1955. I fully intend to go back to get the full report on all the years of my service aboard the ship which was late 1953 to early 1957 when I was discharged. Well, not really discharged, I still had 4 more years of inactive reserve to fulfill. (ccbenton) |
| 1954-1955 Far East Tour of Duty or WESPAC Tour as the Navy calls it. According to the ships records it made eight of these in 25 years plus three Point Barrow Alaska trips. The final years the ship was home ported in Okinawa. |
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| I can honestly tell you that I do not recall the ship making all of these ports. I could only recall a time we beached at Inchon and had to spend the night on shore power when the tide left us high and dry |