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USS LST-614

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Delta - Tango
NFDT

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 28 January 1944, by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 6 May 1944

Commissioned USS LST 614, 22 May 1944, LTjg Paul S. Donovan, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-614 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Eight (flagship), CAPT. C. R. Swigart USN / CAPT. E. Watts USN;
LST Group Twenty-Two, CDR. E. H. Pope, USN;
LST Division Forty-Four and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Western New Guinea operation Morotai landings, 15 September 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 6 to 17 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 16 to 28 October 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landing, 17 to 23 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-614 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 to 8 September 1945 to 20 June 1946	8 September 1945 to 20 June 1946

Decommissioned, 20 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 October 1946

USS LST-614 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 13 February 1948, to Bosey, Philippines, fate unknown

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
189k	From right to left USS LST-942, USS LST-614, USS LST-757, USS LST-668 and two unidentified LSTs beached at Waterhole, Hollandia, date unknown.	Carol Hawk for her father-in-law Judson L Hawk, Jr. RM3/c LCT 1332
109k	From right to left USS LST-614, USS LST-757, USS LST-668 and two unidentified LSTs beached at Waterhole, Hollandia, date unknown.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614
47k	USS LST-614 at anchor, off Morotai, date unknown.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614, and David L. LaPell for his grandfather Joseph Taylor RD3/c, USS LST-614. Also for Lt Joseph Stanfill (CO, USS LST-614) and Charles Cannon (machinist mate) USS LST-614
59k	USS LST-614 at anchor in New Guinea, December 1944.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614, and David L. LaPell for his grandfather Joseph Taylor RD3/c, USS LST-614. Also for Lt Joseph Stanfill (CO, USS LST-614) and Charles Cannon (machinist mate) USS LST-614
48k	USS LST-614 and USS LST-740 are in the background of this posed photo of General Mac Arthur and staff wading ashore at Luzon, 9 January 1945.	Clark E. Parks SM1/c USS LST-740
52k	USS LST-614 (far left), USS LST-667 (center), and USS LST-555 (far right), unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945. US Navy photo	Bill Lambert USS LST-614
61k	USS LST-614 (far left), USS LST-667 (center), and USS LST-555 (far right), unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945. US Navy photo	Bill Lambert USS LST-614
23k	USS LST-614 (far left), USS LST-667 (center), and USS LST-555 (far right), unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945. US Navy photo	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
57k	USS LST-614 and USS LST-667 (in background), unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
112k	USS LST-614 with deck cargo burning after being struck by Japanese bomb off Mindoro, Philippines in January, 1945. An unidentified destroyer is assisting in the fire fighting. U . Navy Photo	Mike Green
240k	USS LST-614 underway, 15 March 1945, view from the mast looking forward.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614
250k	USS LST-714, USS LST-937 and USS LST-614 beached at Manila, Philippine Islands, circa 1945, while unloading equipment.	Larry Gum for his father Waples Gum USS LST-714
85k	USS LST-614 underway, with a full deck load.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614
37k	USS LST-614 at anchor, date and location unknown. In the foreground is a Japanese Landing Craft.	David L. LaPell for his grandfather Joseph Taylor RD3/c, USS LST-614. Also for LT Joseph Stanfill (CO, USS LST-614) and Charles Cannon (machinist mate) USS LST-614
63k	USS LST-614 at anchor, date and location unknown. Note the LCT alongside. She was transported to the war zone on the deck of USS LST-614.	David L. LaPell for his grandfather Joseph Taylor RD3/c, USS LST-614. Also for Lt Joseph Stanfill (CO, USS LST-614) and Charles Cannon (machinist mate) USS LST-614
49k	USS LST-614 and an unidentified LST at anchor in the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, 10 February 1946.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614
125k	USS LST-614's liberty party ready to go ashore at Shanghai, China. Third from left in front row is Bill Lambert. The CO LT. Stanfill is the officer in tan cap cover at far right, 10 February 1946.	Bill Lambert USS LST-614