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Ship bears county name
Hanging in the hallway of the historic, old Clarke County Courthouse is a tinted photo of the USS Clarke County, an WWII LST.
The vessel, a Landing Ship Tank, according to naval terminology, was named after five counties which carry the name Clarke; one each in Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Mississippi.
The Clarke began her life without a name, only a number. She was LST 601 when she was commissioned in March 1944.
She served in European waters, taking part in landings in the south of France in August and September, 1944, according to John Reily of the Ships Histories Section of the Navy Historical Center in Washington, D. C.
In 1979, the USS Clarke was decommissioned, but she is still afloat, in active service, making her unique in her class. Instead of scrapping the Clarke, the Navy sold the vessel to the Indonesia.
The Clarke now has a new name. She is the K.R.I. (Ship of Indonesia) Teluk Saleh, or Saleh Bay, in English, and carries the number 501. According to a spokeswoman for the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, the old Clarke is an active member of the amphibious forces of the Indonesian Navy.
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