Plumas County LST-1083

Plumas County

(LST-1083: dp. 3,960; 1. 328'0"; b. 50'0"; dr. 11'2"; s. 12 k.;
cpl. 119; a. 2 40mm.; cl. LST 611)

Plumas Courdy (LST-1083) was laid down by the American Bridge Corp., Ambridge, Penn. 22 November 1944; launched 14 January 1945; and commissioned as LST-108S at New Orleans, La. 13 February 1945, Lt. Ronald W. Homes in command.

After shakedown LST-108S departed 22 March for the Panama Canal and Guam, where she picked up troops and suppbes and transported them to Saipan and Okinawa. On V~ Day she was back at Guam, and loaded troops of the 4th Marines for Tokyo Bay. After participation in the initial occupation of the Japanese homeland, LST-1088 transported passengers from Guam to San Francisco, arriving 12 January 1946. In August she was placed out of commission, in reserve, berthed at Astoria, Oreg

LST-108S recommissioned 8 September 1950, and after shakedown departed for Korea 19 December 1950 to shuttle troops and suppbes from Japan to Inchon. After a period on the west coast LST-1088 returned to Korea 22 March 1952 to resupply Islands off the northwestern Korean Coast and piek up Prisoners of War. She returned to the United States in December, but departed again for Korea in September 1953 for further supply lifts, returning to San Diego in July 1954.

During the years following the Korean Conflict, LST-1085 alternated amphibious operations off the California coast with deployments to the western Pacific. Her name was changed to Plumas County 1 July 1955. She deployed to the western Pacific in 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1960 when she participated in joint amphibious exercises with Nationabst China and Korea. On 22 August 1961 she was placed out of commission, in reserve, at Sasebo, Japan. She was assigned to MSTS in December 1965, where she remains into 1970.

Plumas County received one battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service.