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USS LST-1128
USS Solano County (LST-1128) was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Teluk Langsa.
LST-1128 was laid down on 23 November 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. She was launched on 19 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Marie Staat and commissioned on 9 March 1945.
USS LST-1128 sailed down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. She then moved to Mobile, Alabama, on 16 March, to have a propeller changed, and then conducted her shakedown training at Panama City, Florida, from 23 March to 5 April. Her tank deck was loaded with overseas cargo at Gulfport, Mississippi, from 6 to 9 April, after which she moved to New Orleans for repairs and supplies. On 19 April, the LST sailed for Hawaii via the Panama Canal and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 15 May.
LST-1128 got underway for Guam on 5 June and proceeded via Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. She unloaded the tank deck cargo at Guam from 25 June to 30 July and then moved to Saipan on the 31st. The war ended with the LST at anchor there, so she loaded Army troops and equipment destined for Okinawa and sailed on 21 August. She unloaded at Buckner Bay and reloaded with trucks and equipment for Korea. LST-1128 arrives at Jinsen on 12 September, offloaded cargo, and began the return voyage to Okinawa on the 23rd.
The ship remained at Okinawa from 27 September through 20 October and weathered a violent typhoon in Naha Harbor with no major damage. The ship transported another load of cargo to Jinsen on 29 October and then moved to the island of Saishu, south of Korea. There, she embarked 1,400 Japanese prisoners of war and returned them to Sasebo, Japan, on 2 November. LST-1128 returned to Jinsen on 7 December and then sailed to Manila. She remained there from 15 to 26 December 1945 when she started another trip to Jinsen. She performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China. She departed from Korea in January 1946 for home via Pearl Harbor. Upon her arrival on the West Coast, she was routed to Bremerton for a pre-inactivation yard overhaul. She was assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet and berthed at Columbia River, Oregon after her decommissioning on 29 July 1946.
On 1 July 1955, she was given the name Solano County.
She was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1958. Under provisions of the Military Assistance Program, she was transferred to the Indonesia on 31 March 1960, and served as RI Teluk Langsa (868).
On 1 July 1961, Teluk Langsa participated in the exercise Komando Lintas Laut Militer (Kolinlamil) off Tanjung Priok.
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USS LST-1128
USS Solano County (LST-1128) was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Teluk Langsa.
LST-1128 was laid down on 23 November 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. She was launched on 19 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Marie Staat and commissioned on 9 March 1945.
USS LST-1128 sailed down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. She then moved to Mobile, Alabama, on 16 March, to have a propeller changed, and then conducted her shakedown training at Panama City, Florida, from 23 March to 5 April. Her tank deck was loaded with overseas cargo at Gulfport, Mississippi, from 6 to 9 April, after which she moved to New Orleans for repairs and supplies. On 19 April, the LST sailed for Hawaii via the Panama Canal and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 15 May.
LST-1128 got underway for Guam on 5 June and proceeded via Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. She unloaded the tank deck cargo at Guam from 25 June to 30 July and then moved to Saipan on the 31st. The war ended with the LST at anchor there, so she loaded Army troops and equipment destined for Okinawa and sailed on 21 August. She unloaded at Buckner Bay and reloaded with trucks and equipment for Korea. LST-1128 arrives at Jinsen on 12 September, offloaded cargo, and began the return voyage to Okinawa on the 23rd.
The ship remained at Okinawa from 27 September through 20 October and weathered a violent typhoon in Naha Harbor with no major damage. The ship transported another load of cargo to Jinsen on 29 October and then moved to the island of Saishu, south of Korea. There, she embarked 1,400 Japanese prisoners of war and returned them to Sasebo, Japan, on 2 November. LST-1128 returned to Jinsen on 7 December and then sailed to Manila. She remained there from 15 to 26 December 1945 when she started another trip to Jinsen. She performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China. She departed from Korea in January 1946 for home via Pearl Harbor. Upon her arrival on the West Coast, she was routed to Bremerton for a pre-inactivation yard overhaul. She was assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet and berthed at Columbia River, Oregon after her decommissioning on 29 July 1946.
On 1 July 1955, she was given the name Solano County.
She was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1958. Under provisions of the Military Assistance Program, she was transferred to the Indonesia on 31 March 1960, and served as RI Teluk Langsa (868).
On 1 July 1961, Teluk Langsa participated in the exercise Komando Lintas Laut Militer (Kolinlamil) off Tanjung Priok.