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USS LST-506

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Xray - Romeo
NDXR

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

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During World War II USS LST-506 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

European-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Final Disposition, sold, 4 December 1947, to Southern Trading Co., Philadelphia, PA., fate unknown

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	172k	USS LST-506 loading LCT-80, date and location unknown for transport to the European Theater.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	125k	View of USS LST-506 main deck looking aft from the foc'sle area.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	174k	View of USS LST-506 starboard side main deck looking aft.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	132k	USS LST-506 moored at Falmouth, England in 1944.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	71k	A USS LST-506 signalman checks his equipment while the ship is moored at Southampton, England in 1944.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	107k	USS LST-506 crew members Bauer and McDowell man on of the ship's 20mm AA gun mounts.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	65k	USS LST-506 while being dry docked at Falmouth, England, 22 September 1944.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	291k	Normandy Invasion, June 1944. Four LST's take vehicles aboard during pre-invasion loading operations at an English port. Circa early June 1944. Ships present include: USS LST-496; USS LST-506; USS LST-291. US National Archives Photo # 80-G-252172		US Naval History and Heritage Command
1016050614	323k	A US Army field kitchen is driven aboard USS LST-506 of Force B that loaded at Falmouth and Plymouth and arrived in the western Task Force area on 6/7 June. Note USS LST-496 beached to starboard of USS LST-506.		Robert Hurst
	144k	USS LST-506 unloading vehicles at Drammen, Norway, date unknown.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	134k	USS LST-506 at anchor in 1945, location unknown.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	174k	USS LST-506 Signalman with light.		Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
	96k	USS LST-506 beached at Mill Creek, Solomons, MD., June 1946	Photos by Ens. W.R. Santschi USS LST-509
1016050615	202k	USS LST-506 tying up at New Haven CT. for Navy Day, most likely in 1946.		This photo belonged to Roger D. Kruse RD/2c USS LST-506 and was contributed by by his son Steven M. Kruse

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USS LST-506
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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

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Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Downes, Melvin Rice, USNR	3 January 1944 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Tracy, E. A., USNR	November - 1945 - 1946
03	LTjg. Walker, George T.	1946 - 24 July 1947

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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