USS Tallahatchie County

USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154) was the second of only two Talbot County-class tank landing ships (LSTs) built for the United States Navy just after World War II.

Her aft superstructure was extended forward and her forecastle built up; electronic antennas and a heavy king post were mounted amidships.

As an AVB, Tallahatchie County was designed to provide command and logistic facilities to a squadron of P-2 Neptune antisubmarine patrol planes operating from an improvised land base in Souda Bay, Crete.

Squadron equipment was carried in mobile vans, transported in Tallahatchie County's tank deck, and landed over her bow ramp.

Tallahatchie County was sold for scrapping to Contieri Navali Santa Maria of Genoa, Italy in July 1970.

USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) with the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor , Naples, Italy in April 1968, shortly before Scorpion departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of Scorpion .