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USS LST-700

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Papa - Romeo
NFPR

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 (2) - 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, 22 March 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 13 May 1944

Commissioned USS LST-700, 7 June 1944, LT. Lee DeBoer, USNR in command

During World War II USS LST-700 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte landing, 5 to 18 November 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing 4 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II USS LST-700 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
12 September 1945 to 18 March 1946	12 September 1945 to 18 March 1946

Decommissioned, 27 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946

USS LST-700 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 December 1947, to Kaiser Co., Vancouver, WA.

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
SWPA photo # SIGC-44-20007	1265k	USS LST-700 and USS LST-751 beached at "White Beach," Tacloban, Leyte, P.I., 22 October 1944. USS LST-700 is unloading trucks of the First Signal Corps laboratory. This unit served the immediate photographic requirements of General Mac Arthur, his staff and tactical commanders. In addition USS LST-700 also carried personnel of General Headquarters advanced echelon which set a precedent by landing only two days after the first American forces invading the island. SWPA photo # SIGC-44-20007 a US Army Signal Corps and SC 268009 by PFC Ovid De Flores, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
SC 268009	1268k		Dave Kerr
	1411k	USS LST-700 and USS LST-751 beached at "White Beach," Tacloban, Leyte, P.I., 22 October 1944. USS LST-700 is unloading trucks of the First Signal Corps laboratory and personnel of General Headquarters advanced echelon. SWPA photo # SIGC-44-20005 a US Army Signal Corps photo by PFC Ovid De Flores, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
1016070003	172k	USS LST-700 beached on a ramp in China, circa September 1945 to March 1946.
1016070004	108k	USS LST-700 at anchor in San Francisco Bay circa 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # 84693	Darryl Baker
1016070005	704k	Six LSTs at anchor in San Francisco Bay circa 1946. Left to right: Stern on unknown LST, bow of a unknown LST behind USS LST-700, *LST 700* at anchor, bows of unknown LST and US LST-485 in the background and bow of USS LST 927. All LSTs appear to be in commission but *LST 700* is stripped on her guns.	Darryl Baker

USS LST-700
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. DeBoer, Lee, USNR	7 June 1944 - November 1944
02	LT. Buchbinder, Julian, USNR	November 1944 - March 1945
03	LT. Marlais, M. J., USNR	March 1945 - December 1945
04	LTjg. Blodgett, Charles W., USNR	December 1945 - February 1946
05	LTjg. Gilmour, Robert, USN	February 1946 - 17 April 1946
06	LTjg. Glebocki, Roman, USNR	17 April 1946 - July 1946
07	ENS. Sharp, Hascall H., USNR	July 1946 - 27 July 1946


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