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HM LST-77
ex
USS LST-77 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Uniform - Victor
NDUV

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LST-77 was transferred to the United Kingdom in 1944 for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 20 February 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 21 April 1943

Commissioned USS LST-77, 3 July 1943, LTjg. Anthony, Kohout Jr. USNR, in command

During World War II, LST-77 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
European Campaigns
Convoy UGS-37, 11 to 12 April 1944	Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 23 September 1944

Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 24 December 1944

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-77, 24 December 1944
Operated mainly in the Adriatic as a part of the 11th Flotilla, carrying troops, partisans and civilians
Known to have visited Piraeus, Trieste, Patras, Previzia, Ancona and Taranto
Drydocked in Malta, October 1945
Prepared for return to US Naval custody at Malta, February to March 1946
Returned to US Naval custody 12 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

USS LST-77 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 7 November 1947, to Mr. James A. Hughes, of New York, N.Y. for scrapping

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

9 officers

120 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

14 officers

131 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST-77
	22k	USS LST-77 beached at Bizerte, Tunisa, date unknown.	LST Home Port web site
	218k	USS LST-77 beached at Anzio, date unknown.	LST 173 web site
	93k	USS LST-77 off-loading Sherman tanks at Anzio in May 1944.	Robert Hurst
	93k	USS LST-77 debarking troops and unloading vehicles at Grande Beach during the Invasion of Southern France, 24 August 1944.	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
	69k	USS LST-77 marrying up to an LCT during the Invasion of Southern France, D-Day 15 September 1944.	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
	60k	USS LST-77 beached at St Tropez, France while unloading trucks, 25 September 1944.	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
	81k	LSTs and LCTs loading German POWS in Southern France, date unknown. From left to right: Unidentified LST, USS LST-501, USS LST-77, *LCT-610, LCT-288*	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
	90k	USS LST-140, USS LST-120, and USS LST-77 beached while unloading at the Gulf of St. Tropez, France, 25 October 1944	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
	92k	USS LST-77's crew during their farewell Christmas 1944 Dinner while the ship is at Bizerte, Tunisa.	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
	86k	USS LST-77's crew assembled on the ramp during the time when she was turned over to the United Kingdom at Bizerte, Tunisa.	Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr. ex CO USS LST-77
HM LST-77
	55k	HM LST-77 underway, date and place unknown.	Courtesy David Page Webmaster Navyphotos.co.uk
	107k	HM LST-77 moored at Livorno, Italy as the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade waits to boat ships to go to Marseilles, France, March 1945. Photos # PA177535 from the Public Archives of Canada.	Ed Storey
1016007713	30k	HM LST-77 crew members A/B John Cannon, RN and his shipmate “Westy” on deck prior to going on watch, date and location unknown.	Spencer Baker, John Cannon's grandson.
1016007714	63k	HM LST-77 enroute from Messina to Malta, circa March 1946	Spencer Baker, John Cannon's grandson.