page_title: USS Barbour County
hierarchical_section_title: USS Barbour County
caption_attribution_description: The tank landing ship USS BARBOUR COUNTY (LST-1195) departs Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, to return to Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
context_page_description: USS Barbour County was the seventeenth ship of the twenty Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships. The vessel was named after two counties; one in Alabama, and the other in West Virginia. The LST was constructed by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, California. Barbour County was launched in 1971 and commissioned into the USN in 1972. Barbour County took part in the Vietnam War, including the evacuation of Saigon and the Gulf War. The LST also performed disaster relief in Bangladesh. The vessel was decommissioned in 1992 and laid up with plans to sell the ship. This did not happen and the vessel was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 2001 and sunk as a target ship in 2004.
context_section_description: USS Barbour County (LST-1195) was the seventeenth ship of the twenty Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy (USN) which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The vessel was named after two counties; one in Alabama, and the other in West Virginia. The LST was constructed by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, California. Barbour County was launched in 1971 and commissioned into the USN in 1972. Barbour County took part in the Vietnam War, including the evacuation of Saigon and the Gulf War. The LST also performed disaster relief in Bangladesh. The vessel was decommissioned in 1992 and laid up with plans to sell the ship. This did not happen and the vessel was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 2001 and sunk as a target ship in 2004.
caption: USS Barbour County on 1 June 1991
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