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USS LST-451

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Echo - Quebec
NFEQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 20 July 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA.

Launched, 6 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-451, 12 January 1943, LT. Harry A. Swartz, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-451 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Three, CDR. A. A. Ageton USN;
LST Group Seven, (Flagship) LCDR. E. B. Garrigures;
LST Division Fourteen and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 30 July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 15 January 1945
Tinian capture and occupation, 24 to 30 July 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 9 April 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944

Following World War II USS LST-451 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 25 December 1945 to 20 February 1946

Decommissioned, 22 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 25 September 1946

USS LST-451 earned five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 11 December 1947, to The Learner Co., Oakland, CA., and subsequently scrapped

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	Contributed By
SC 189531	1302k	Army 18th Engineers build a dirt filled barge ramp to enable off loading of their equipment from USS LST-451 while the ship is beached at the Aleutian Island of Shemya Alaska, 1 June 1943. American Army troops landed on Shemya during the Attu occupation. US Army Signal Corps photos # SC 189531 and SC 189530 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
SC 189530	1211k		Dave Kerr
	29k	USS LST-451 at anchor with an LCT on her main deck, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	41k	USS LST-451 beached on a dirt ramp at Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in September 1943. US Navy photo	Tommy Trampp
	598	USS LST-451 beached at Tanaga Island, AK, unloading supplies for Seabees building an airfield, late September 1943. US Navy photos.	Steve Franklin
	782k		Steve Franklin
	49k	USS LST-451 beached at Okinawa, April 1945	Photo by Lawrence (Larry) LaFlamme GM2/c USS LST-451
	49k	USS LST-451 beached at Okinawa, April 1945	Photo by Lawrence (Larry) LaFlamme GM2/c USS LST-451

USS LST-451
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Swartz, Harry A., USNR	12 January 1943 - March 1944
02	LT. Flynn, R. D., USNR	March 1944 - 31 July 1944
03	LT. Coleman, E. T., USNR	31 July 1944 - 13 July 1945
01	LT. Brooks, T. B., USNR	13 July 1945 - 22 July 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
ENS. Robert D. Martin USNR Photo Collections
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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