page_title: USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166)
section_title: 1960–1964
hierarchical_section_title: USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) / Service history (source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) / Vietnam War / 1960–1964
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) (foreground) and USS Washoe County (LST-1165) (background) beached at Pohang, South Korea during Operation "Seven Seas", circa late July-early August 1962.
context_page_description: USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship in commission in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1973. Named for Washtenaw County, Michigan, she was the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. It is currently derelict. In October 2008, it was reported to be at the southeastern tip of Lord Island on the Columbia River in Rainier, Oregon at 46°07′18″ N 123°00′51″ W next to the Oregon shoreline. It was intended to become an exhibit at a maritime musem in Astoria, but this has been put on hold indefinitely due to damage from vandalism and looting between 2005-2008.
context_section_description: Washtenaw County's final 13 years of service in the U.S. Navy can be divided easily into two phases: the period before America's buildup in South Vietnam, and the period of that involvement. The first phase was characterized by routine operations in support of the 7th Fleet Amphibious Force and encompassed the period from 1960 to 1964. During that time, she carried troops and equipment to various bases in the Far East, including a trip or two to South Vietnam during the initial stages of the American presence there. More often, however, she engaged in amphibious exercises – both unilateral and with units of foreign navies – as well as goodwill missions to Far Eastern ports. The tank landing ship's itinerary of foreign ports during those four years would read like a travel guide of the Orient, ranging from Korean and Japanese ports in the north to Philippine harbors in the south and across to cities on both coasts of the Southeast Asian peninsula.
caption: USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) (foreground) and Washoe County (LST-1165) (background) beached at Pohang, South Korea during "Operation Seven Seas," circa late July-early August 1962
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