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USS LST-133

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Personnel Awards

Silver Star Medal (CO LT. Floyd E. Richards, USN) - Purple Hearts (7 KIA, 17 WIA, 8 MIA including Johnny Irvin Andrus F1/c), 15 June 1944)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 June 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 2 November 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST 133, 29 November 1943, LT. Floyd E. Richards, USN, in command
  • During World War II, USS LST-133 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 Torpedoed in the English Channel 17 June 1944 by U-621 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 10 June 1945

  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-133 came under the command of
    LST Flotilla Thirty-Five, CAPT. D. H. Johnston USN (22);
    LST Division Two Hundred Five
  • Torpedoed and damaged,15 June 1944, in the English Channel by U-621
  • Following World War II USS LST-133 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    27 September to 14 October 1945
    9 to 18 December 1945

  • USS LST-133 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LST Group 9 (LST GRU 9) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Decommissioned, 29 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 May 1948
  • USS LST-133 earned two battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target 11 May 1948
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    1,625 t.(lt)
    4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    2,366 t.
    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 2 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-133 12k USS LST-133 showing damage from a German acoustic mine, date and location unknown LST Homeport
    Web Site
    USS LST-133
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Richards, Floyd Eugene, USN29 November 1943 - January 1946
    02LT. Vint, Vinton Claude, USNJanuary 1946 - 29 August 1946
    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
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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