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USS LST-58


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Yankee - Golf
 NFYG
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 31 October 1943, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.
  • Launched, 11 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-58, 22 January 1944, LT. John E. Wachter, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-58 was the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Decommissioned, 7 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 November 1945
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 November 1947, to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • USS LST-58 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    1,625 t.(lt)
    4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    2,366 t. (beaching displacement)
    Length 328' o.a.
    Beam 50'
    Draft
    light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
    sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
    landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
    limiting 11' 2"
    maximum navigation 14' 1"
    Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    13 officers
    104 enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    16 officers
    147 enlisted
    Boats 6 LCVP
    Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
    Typical loads
    One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck
    Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
    Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was
    2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
    12 single 20MM gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 1,700shp
    twin rudders
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    LST-507
    1016050705    		 104k Chart of Convoy T4, showing positions of LSTs and E-Boats off Slapton Sands England the night of 27-28 April 1944.
    dday.overload.com    		 Tommy Trampp
    LST-262
    1016031008    		 276k From left to right; USS LST-58, USS LST-532, LCT-637 USS LST-310, USS LST-533 unload across the Normandy beachhead, during the first days of the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Note the barrage balloons overhead.
    US National Archives Identifier 205578624, Local Identifier 26-G-2515, US Coast Guard photo # 2515.    		 Marilyn Smith and David Upton
    LST-58 116k British troops boarding USS LST-58 at the hards in the port of Hamburg, prior to embarking on Operation Apostle, the Liberation of Norway, May 1945.
    Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Collection, Photo No.© IWM ( BU 7053)    		 Mike Green
    LST-58 113k British troops watching lorries being loaded aboard USS LST-58 with USS LST-503 alongside at the hards in the port of Hamburg, prior to embarking on Operation Apostle, the Liberation of Norway, May 1945. Photo taken by Sgt. J. Mapham, No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Photo No. BU 7048, from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Robert Hurst
    LST-58 111k British Army lorries packed onto the upper deck of USS LST-58 at the hards in the port of Hamburg ready for the voyage to Norway, May 1945. Photo taken by Sgt. J. Mapham, No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Photo No. BU 7052, from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Robert Hurst
    LST-58 97k USS LST-58 retracts from the hards in the port of Hamburg. LST-58 transported British troops for Operation Apostle, the Liberation of Norway, May 1945.
    Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Collection, Photo No. © IWM (BU 7054)    		 Mike Green
    USS LST-58
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Wachter, John E., USNR22 January 1944 - 1945
    02LT. Freeman, Eugene Flavius, USNR1945 - 7 November 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Exercise Tiger: Disaster at Slapton Sands 28 April 1944
    Exercise Tiger - The Quiet Sacrifice
    Historic England -American Landing Ships Involved in D-Day Rehearsals
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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