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USS LST-536


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Alpha - Victor
 NEAV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-536 was transferred the South Korean Navy
LST-491 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 October 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 27 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-536, 9 February 1944, LT. Charles A. Flood, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-536 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

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

  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-536, LT. John Delong USNR, in command, came under the command of;
    LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven, CAPT. Riley;
     LST Group One Hundred Nine, CDR. E. W. Wilson USNR;
     LST Division Two Hundred-Seventeen
  • Following World War II USS LST-535 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    15 October to 13 November 1945
    6 to 23 January 1946

  • Decommissioned, 23 January 1946 and assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q024
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 21 February 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LST-536 earned one battle star 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
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    LST-536 48k USS LST-536 beached at Normandy, circa June or July 1944. Kenneth D. Johnston for his father Ernest Glenn Johnston SC/3 USS LST-536
    USS LST-536
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Flood, Charles A., USNR9 February 1944 - May 1944
    02LT. DeLong, John, USNR/b>May 1944 - May 1945
    03LT. Hoban, Thomas M., USNR/b>May 1945 - November 1945
    04LT. Wofford, Webster D.,USNR/b>November 1945 - 23 January 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
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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