Show United States Ship Summit County County Commissioner r Park City S Summit County Utah Dear Sir o Oh On 30 June 1955 the United States Ship Landing Ship Tank 1146 Is to be named officially the United States Ship Summit County I T 1146 A small ceremony will be held on onboard onboard onboard board this ship In Long Peach each Harbor California at 1000 10 am a.m. to which you or your representative are cordially invited If it you can possibly come It is regretted that government transportation can not be made available avail avail- able The ship will honor all three of ot the counties In the United States whose name she bears They are located in Utah Colorado and Ohio As you may know the Landing Ship Tank is called the Workhorse of ot the Fleet because of ot the diversified nature of its tasks The soon to be US S. S Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit County Is is an apt example for she has made two tours to the Western Pacific takes part yearly In the th-e Point Barrow Alaska run and operated operated op- op crated with the Atomic Energy CommissIon Commission Commission Com Com- mission and sister services In tests at Bikini and during 1954 The Summit County was commissioned commissioned commissioned com com- in May 1945 and was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works Company Seneca Illinois Sincerely T T. R. R LARSON Lieutenant Commander U U. S. S Navy Commanding Officer |