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USS LST-457

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Juliet - Zulu
NFJZ

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 (7) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 3 August 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA.

Launched, 23 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-457, 6 February 1943, LT. John R. Riley, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-457 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Eastern New Guinea operations Woodlark Island occupation and consolidation, 30 June 1943 Lae occupation, 4 to 5 September 1943 Saidor occupation, 28 - 30 January and 17 - 19, 21 - 23, 25 - 28 February 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 5 - 18 November 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operations Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 - 29 December 1943, 30 December 1943 - 2 January 1944, 3 - 9, 15 - 19, 23 - 27 January, 13 - 16 February 1944 Admiralty Island landings, 25 - 28 February, 11 - 15 March 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines; Visayan Island landings, 26 March, 2 - 4, 10 - 11, 20 April 1945
Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1944	Borneo operations; Balikpapan operation, 26 June - 4 July 1945
Western New Guinea operations Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 17 - 18, 23 - 25 May 1944 Biak Island operation, 28 - 31 May, 3 - 7, 13 - 16 June 1944 Noemfoor Island operation, 2 to 4 July 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944

Following World War II USS LST-457 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 15 September to 22 October 1945

Decommissioned, 15 March 1946 and assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q098

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 September 1947

USS LST-457 earned seven battle stars for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 20 April 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 April 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.

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	Submitted By
1016045703	170k	USS LST-457 and USS LST-455 beached at Woodlark Island, 30 June 1943. US Naval Construction Battalion No· 0060 World War II Cruise Book pg29	David Upton
1016045704	230k		David Upton
	56k	USS LST-457 beached, date and location unknown.	Betty Toler Rosenblatt for her father, Earl Julian Toler (1922-1999) S1/c USS LST-457
	61k	USS LST-457 beached, date and location unknown.	Betty Toler Rosenblatt for her father, Earl Julian Toler (1922-1999) S1/c USS LST-457
	659k	USS LST-457 and USS LST-922 along with several other LSTs unloading at a pier that was built in one day by Army Engineers at Cebu City, P.I., 3 April 1945. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 205893, by T5 George Arend, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr

USS LST-457
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Riley, John R., USNR	6 February 1943 - 18 March 1943
02	LT. Jorgenson, Herman, USNR	18 March 1943 - 5 December 1943
03	LCDR. Van Zandt, James Edward, USNR :RADM	5 December 1943 - 5 February 1944
04	LT. Sullivan, William P., USNR	5 February 1944 - 23 September 1944
05	LT. Hacker, William W., USNR	23 September 1944 - September 1945
06	LT. Mahar, George T. E., USNR	September 1945 - 13 March 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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History of LST Flotilla Seven
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