U.S.S. SCHENECTADY
(LST 1185)

Shipboard Life

The WestPac work horse and the men who ran it.

Beaching at Coronado	Myers acts as LSE for flight quarters	BMC MacLaughlin and BM1 Myers	Deck load after load out in Da Nang	Beaching at Coronado
Flight Quarters - LT Roy Dooley, Engineering Officer	'Gator' painted on signal bridge	Helo arriving with external load	Helo landing	Helo drops load
HM2 Crown and GMG3 Downs	Highlining BT2 Shirey	Hoisting a boat (A)	Hoisting a boat (B)	Hong Kong with USS Schenectady moored
USS Schenectady In drydock (A)	USS Schenectady In drydock (B)-	Island with clouds	Kagoshima Japan - shrine to Admiral Togo who won battle of Tsushima Strait	Kagoshima Japan, sea front(A)
Kagoshima Japan (B)	Kagoshima Japan (C)	Kagoshima Japan with Sukarajima volcano in middle of bay	Kagoshima Japan-Volcanic rock	Load out in Da Nang (A)-
Load out in Da Nang (B)	Load out in Da Nang (C)	Load out in Da Nang (D)	LVT Operations (A)	LVT Operations (B)
Nihoa Island (in Hawaiian chain)	Sunset, Western Pacific (A)	Sunset, Western Pacific (B)	Unrep line handlers (A)	Unrep line handlers (B)
Unrep with USS Denver (LPD9)	USS Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbor	USS Reliance (PG95) makes approach for unrep (A)	USS Reliance (PG95) departs after unrep (A)	USS Wyndham County (LST1170) in Pearl Harbor

[above photos courtesy of Lt. Scofield]

Load ramp, Camp Hansen, Okinawa (A)

Load ramp, Camp Hansen, Okinawa (B)

Looking up the ramp with the other 'T' alongside

Taking on cargo

[above photos courtesy of Brady S. Clinger]

Underway-bowhorns

Bridge wing

LCVP-4 with Robbie Robinson

Underway with deck load of cargo

Stern Redwood City, CA

Tied up Redwood City, CA

Hauling a causeway M-1 Abrams roadway

Stern-causeway on board Just doing our job

Steaming at 20 knots (no sweat!)

In port-Sasebo-Nov '73 USS Sample FF-1048 alongside

Signal bridge-1973

In port-Sasebo-Nov '73

Mount 31-3"/50 cal. mount

Looking forward through "wind tunnel"

[above photos courtesy of Tom Totoris]

Vung Tau, Flying Crane delivers OV-10 Bronco

CH 46 delivers to Skinny-T	White Plains away and Skinny-T breaks off	Mispillion, USS Anchorage LSD 36 to her starboard	Sea approachre fueling. Capt Czar at bridge wing
Lines over taking fuel from USS Mispillion AO 105	Hotel Pier Pearl Harbor from USS Arizona Memorial	Mispillion with Anchorage still alongside	CH 46 off USS White Plains AFS 4 for Vert Rep

[above photos courtesy of Del Loewe]

 

Bob Chuisano provided us with an old ship's paper penned by former skipper, Raymond J. Czar. There are many names and pictures from this early crew. Please visit this site.
Many thanks, Bob!

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Additional photos of the ship and crew may be found on Chuck Case's web site.
<CLICK HERE>

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The officers and crew of the Skinny-T offer their sincere thanks to those who provided photos for the USS Schenectady web site.

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