Sumter (LST 1181) - Naval Cruise Book

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..,.s3+,,a.emf. V N it HISTORY OF USS SUMTER ILST-11812 The SUMTER, when built was an entirely new design and represented a complete departure from the previous concepts of amphibious landing ships. This class LST lacks the traditional bow doors which have characterized all LST construction since the first vessels of this type were built in World War II. In order to achieve a sustained - h SUMTER was designed with a clipper bow in place of the blunt bow of the old LST. This speed of 20 knots t e feature enables the ship to operate with the modern high-speed amphibious forces. ' ' ' ' ' h omfort items such as a barber shop, ice cream bar, The ship IS fully air conditioned and has many uman c laundry and dry cleaning plants, tailor shop, and crew's recreation room. This aspect of the ship's design IS further enhanced by comfortable living quarters. SUMTER, as a unit of Amphibious Squadron SEVEN, was homeported in Long Beach, California for two years ft ' 'onin During this period S UM TER made two deployments to the Western Pacific, earning the Vietnam a er commissl g. Campaign Ribbon and two stars to the Vietnam Service Ribbon. ' ' ' S d on EIGHT in January 1973 with a homeport of Little Creek, SUMTER was assigned to Amphibious qua r Virginia. Deployed to the Mediterranean in the Fall of 1973 during the Mid-East crisis, SUMTER subsequently completed her first six month forward deployment with the Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group in March of 1975. An extensive overhaul to update many of SUM TER'S combat and habitability systems from late 1975 thru early th Carribean and another six month forward 1976 was followed by numerous exercises in Northern Europe, e . l d March 1978 delllllyment in the Mediterranean commencing late in 1977 which was comp ete in . ' ' UMTER articipated in SOLID SHIELD '78 during May and June Following the Mediterranean Deployment S p 1978, followed by another Northern European Deployment from August to November 1978. In March 1979 SUMTER 888111 d0Dl0yed for operations in the Barents Sea and North Atlantic. Upon completion of several port visits in the United Kingdom, SUMTER returned to homeport in June 1979. SUMTER underwent an extensive shipyard overhaul from January through September of 1980. On 1 October SIX After refresher training participation in READEX 1930, SUMTER was transferred to Amphibious Squadron . , . '1'31, and MARG 2-81 workups SUMTER deployed to the Mediterranean on 3 June 1981. The ship returned home the following November From,January to April 1982, SUMTER participated in ALLOY EXPRESS, a cold weather ' ' ' ' ' ' ' h hi operated as a unit of Ocean Venture '82 and returned amphibious t N . L t A l, t e s p to Little Crgdlfliii lltalfelllldayoltbwzzbomlizieielcldl prgllihrations of MARG 3-82 workups and .another .extended deployment to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. As a unit of MARG 3-82, SUM TER participated in the Multi-National iieacekeeping Force QMNFJ at Beirut, Lebanon from October 1982 - February 1983. SUMTER returned from Beirut In March and began preparing for Operation Solo Play QMay '83J. SUMTER again deployed to the North Atlantic fm' all Unsupported two and one half month deployment. After successful completion of Slolo P335 DiSTlil1gTER .returned to her homeport of Little Creek Amphibious Base in late July 1983. On 1 Septem er l was lfllnsferred to Amphibious Squadron TEN. I