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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.
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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".
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) off the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina, 11 May 1962. Port bow surface view. USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2), photograph received in January 1963. Port stern surface view. USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) in April 1967. Starboard bow surface view.
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:
| If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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