San Bernardino (LST 1189) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS S311 bBl'l18l'dil'l0 IS!-1189 LSS SAN BER.N'.lRlJ1,Ntlfl.N'I-!f.W it the ttttttt -lwtt ft- l S Navy to be named lor the City .ind bounty ol mn llt-ttt.ttttttt.- t to .. The lblfil S.-If BfZiR.N.4RUfhU 1 fl:-RV NN.lNi'k:iiltll l'1f5.ttli..:l:ltt-1 Works, Bath. Maine as the yacht N ANIM l'tntli.tst-tl lit the Nut t tt out slit , i owner Mr. Ernest li. Dune tn ll?-12. MXNIM tus tr tt.ttttt'tl N t N .ti It .N'.4RDI.NO and sent to llttv- rut ss here she sctwtl tilt tt tyttlttt sl.1Hi'tl l'-'Het ..... in and around the approaches to Nlttltnty, .lolttistt-tt.t -tltlvtt -out l'-tltto f -1 lslands. She had tt length ol:-1Ulieetntttexttetnclttxtttt til Xt- tt tt .tint tt tn li fully loaded displaced l.7o8 tons. llet' .tttttutnetit tottststt-tl t-I tml K int lt '-tt caliber guns and two -lLlNlfNl ntounts, The geeond S,-LN b'hR1l0 xs.tshutlt .tslhleifitll-t M mt-tttt X .tilt t Bridge and lron works ut limtttsttlle, lndi.tn.t, .ind lstttttltttt 'J I tt-tu.tt t l9-15. l.S7'-llllltsus nttnted l SS SASN IH R Nfl Hill Nt! t Ht N I l t-tt t lttlt l955, while serving on patrol from the Vt est t tntsl to -Xl.t:-Lt Slit lt.ttl previously seen action in the elostng stages ul NK otltl Vt .ti ll .tt tilt into .t .tint had been instrumental tn the logtstte stlptttttl ol l S tottt-s tltiottyltt-ot alt. South Pueiliie. She was deeotntttissionetl on lf Attytist IWSHA .tt l't .til ll.n lull Lifld ll'L1t1Sl'Cl'fCLl tothe Repuhlteoll lt1t1.tx-tlietc slit' llt1SK set tes .t--t Ill 'Xtf C'llfll.N'Ci ILST-225A ller oterttll length ts Uh lt-et with .t lttptttt -tl 'ntl tttt Fully loaded, she displaced -1,ll0ll ltttls gitttl het att ttt.ttttt'ttt tin ltnlt tl tv. tt tu tr. und four single 403151 gun mounts. LST IIHU, bulll ttt Sim lltcptt hy Nttltttttatl Steel gttttl hlittt lltttltlttty Company was luunehed 254 Nlatreh l'17ll4tntl t'ttll1lttts'stttttt'tl ,' f Nlgttt lt lf: t in Long Beach. Californian. Une ol the Nevtptttl tlatwi 'sttlttt 1,81 -. ln, overall length is 52?-lnCClNNlllt1tl1t:2ltIt ttlfwllleell llt't tltt-ttl:ttt'ttttltit t' F tltltt tons when fully loaded und is armed mth ttttt tttttt tnttlt '-tt1t4,t,t.f, WU, mounts. She is designed lor speeds in excess ol 311 ltts gmtl t :tn :tt t ttlltttltttlztlt 32 officers und 585 men. 'ff -' '--t .,.,.....,,,., , 'll' - , ,, 1 1 , A, 1 . , f 'JEFF -iff 1.2 V S ..s, to M WV it . A J. Q in A-5,,,