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USS LST-270


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Golf - Lima
 NPGL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 January 1943, at the American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 18 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST 270, 8 September 1943, LT. O. W. Barber, USN, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-270 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN;
    LST Group Fifteen, CDR. V. K. Busck, USN;
    LST Division Thirty and
    LST Flotilla Three, CDR. A.A. Ageton, USN (23);
    LST Group Eight;
    LST Division Fifteen and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 21 to 28 April 1944     		Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 28 July 1944
    Hollandia operation, 21 to 27 April 1944 Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, dates unknown
  • USS LST-270 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Sold, 12 May 1950
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 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-66
    1016006622    		 327k A Signalman sends a blinker signal from USS LST-66 to USS LST-270 during the Hollandia operation in April 1944
    US National Archives Identifier 205585004, Local ID 26-G-2216, US Coast Guard photo # 2216 by Sturges.    		 David Upton
    LST-270 36k USS LST-270 beached at Aitape, North East New Guinea, 22 April 1944 while discharging heavy equipment for RAAF Works, Survey and Signals Units during the assault on Korako Village. The dead Japanese lies on the sandy beach mute testimony of ineffective resistance. Glen Carlson SM/1c USS LST-270
    LST-486
    1016048607    		 10,728k From right to left; USS LST-269, USS LST-486, USS LST-270, USS LST-704 and USS LST-117 and three unidentified LSTs (all of LST Flotilla Three) spread along (from the left) Orange Two, Orange One, Blue Two, Blue One beaches of the initial landings on Leyte Island, Philippines. The date is 21 October 1944 between 0914 and 1051 hours. Within the next few hours the Japanese would rain down mortar and artillery fire onto these beaches.hitting LST-486 on main deck between frames 14 and 15, no casualties; LST-269 received two direct mortar hits killing two and wounding three; LST-704 received seven direct hits by mortar and artillery causing much damage and killing two, and wounding twenty-three with two dying later.
    Ref. LST-704 War Diary and COMLSTFLOT3 War Diary, U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo 254880 now in the collections of the US National Archives, Local ID 111-SCA-2857. National Archives ID 80662621.    		 David Upton
    USS LST-270
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Barber, Oliver Warren, USN8 September 1943 - June 1944
    02LTjg. Wheeler, Ernest M., USNRJune 1944 - August 1944
    03LT. Barber Oliver Warren, USNAugust 1944 - 12 November 1945
    04LTjg. Hoy, George C., USNR12 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
    History of LST Flotilla Seven
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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