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USS LST-805


International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 September 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 31 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-805, 27 November 1944, LT Charles W. Parker, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-805 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Twenty-Five, CAPT. H.E. Richter USN (24);
     LST Group Seventy-Four, CDR. J.G. Farnsworth;
     LST Division One Hundred Forty-Seven and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 21 to 28 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-805 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    23 September to 24 November 1945
    19 January to 5 February 1946

  • Decommissioned, 25 May 1946, at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
  • USS LST-805 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Sold, 5 November 1947, to Bosey, Philippines, reported to be in commercial service, as late as 1978, as Chung 111 under the flag of the Peoples Republic of China
  • Final Disposition, 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
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    LST-805
    1016045130    		 205k Right to left USS LST-805, USS LST-451 and partly obscured USS LST-634 beached, probably at Okinawa, date unknown Bob Martin Jr.
    LST-805
    1016045134    		 205k Left to right: LCT-1335, USS LST-634, USS LST-451 USS LST-805 and partly obscured LCT-1408 beached, probably at Okinawa, date unknown. Bob Martin Jr.
    LST-805 66k USS LST-805 beached at a ramp, date and location unknown. Jim Chenvert
    USS LST-805
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Parker, Charles William, USNR27 November 1944 - 21 August 1945
    02LTjg. Earl, Howard Douglas, USN (USNA 1945)21 August 1945 - 7 September 1945
    03LT. MacLean Jr., James Dickson, USNR7 September 1945 - 27 November 1945
    04LTjg. Earl, Howard Douglas, USN (USNA 1945)27 November 1945 - 25 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
    Crew list, as of 29 January 1945, From Journal of Donald Grim Dietrich
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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