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USS LST-334

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - November - Golf
NYNG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 17 July 1942, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Launched, 15 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST 334, 29 November 1942, LT. George V. Alyward, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-334 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. J. R. Clark, USN
LST Group Fourteen, CDR. R.W. Lejeunesse, USN
LST Division Twenty-Seven and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
New Georgia Group operation Vella Lavella occupation, 1 October 1943	Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July to 5 August 1944
Treasury-Bougainville operation Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 11 November, 3,4 and 15 December 1943	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-334 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 22 September to 12 October 1945

Decommissioned, 24 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Sold, 22 April 1948, to the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA for scrapping

USS LST-334 earned four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation 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 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	41k	USS LST-334 (left) and USS LST-390 (right) between Piers 4 and 5 Newport News VA, loading 3/4 ton 4X4 command reconnaissance cars, 1 January 1943.	The Library of Virginia US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection
	89k	Starboard broadside view of USS LST-334 off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., with *LCT-481* on deck, 5 January 1943. Photograph was received from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., in 1972. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 84028.	David Larson
	78k	USS LST-334 and three additional LSTs beached while loading troops, supplies and vehicles at Kissing Point, Port Townsville, Australia, date unknown.	Peter Dunn and Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	45k		Peter Dunn and Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
1016044804	169k	USS LST-448 and USS LST-334 beached at Kissing Point, Townsville, Australia. May - July 1943. Photo from the Log of the 20th Naval Construction Battalion 1942-44 First Cruise page 34. Date reference from the War Diary of LST-334, 1943 series National Archives.	David Upton
1016044805	332k		David Upton
	64k	USS LST-334 and USS LST-887 loading out at Navy Base Seattle prior to the invasion of Okinawa, circa 3 February 1945. US Army Signal Corps photo, now in the collections of the Seattle NARA.	Tracy White
	259k	USS LST-334 beached at Okinawa, after the cessation of hostilities, circa 1945-46.	Donn Cuson

USS LST-334
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Alyward, George USNR	29 November 1942 - 4 May 1943
02	LTjg. Hawkins, Charles J., USNR	4 May 1943 13 February 1944
03	LTjg. Reed, Jack J., USNR	13 February 1944 - 13 May 1944
04	LT. Blieden, Robert S., USNR	13 May 1944 - 30 October 1945
05	LTjg. Neuburg Jr., Walter B., USNR	30 October 1945 - 27 November 1945
06	LTjg. McCoy, John William, USNR	27 November 1945 - 24 April 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
LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944
LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
LST Flotilla Five Action Report 28 July 1944
LST-224 War Diary, July 1944
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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