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USS LST-804


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Alpha - Romeo
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 10 September 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 27 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-804, 22 November 1944, LT. Ray Bull USN, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-804 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Twenty-Three, CAPT. W. W. Weeden Jr. USN;
     LST Group Sixty- Eight, CDR. G. H. Dama USN (20);
     LST Division One Hundred Thirty-Five and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-804 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 December 194530 January to 17 February 1946
    26 February to 24 May 194626 February to 24 May 1946

  • Decommissioned, 24 May 1946 at Shanghai, Chaina, transferred to the State Department for ultimate disposition
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • USS LST-804 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Republic of China by the State Department, date unknown
  • Last reported in 1978 to be in commercial service as Chung 101 operating under the flag of the Peoples Republic of China
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    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-804
    1016080402    		 407k USS LST-804 beached in China in June 1945 while unloading supplies for famine victims.
    TimeLife_image 657237 by George Silk, Life Magazine. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LST-804 40k USS LST-804 at anchor in the stream of the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, 7 February 1946. Gary A. Olsen in honor of his father Arnold Olsen USS LST-804 1944-46.
    USS LST-804
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Bull, Ray, USN22 November 1944 - 26 October 1945
    02LT. Zusy, Fred J., USNR26 October 1945 - 24 November 1945
    03LTjg. Angelino Jr., Anthony Arthur, USN24 November 1945 - 24 May 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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