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USS LST-908


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Papa - Yankee
 NVPY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 14 February 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc, Hingham MA.
  • Launched, 28 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-908, 8 May 1944, LT. Curtis B. Costello, USNR in command
  • During World War II, USS LST-908 was assigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 18 October to 6 November and 19 to 29 November 1944     		Manila Bay - Bicol operations
    Zambales - Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 to 30 June 1945

  • At Okinawa USS LST-908 was assigned to:
    LST Flotilla Fourteen, CAPT. E. A. Seay USN (24);
     LST Group Forty, CDR. G. Reith USN (24);
     LST Division Eighty
  • Following World War II USS LST-908 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    5 to 23 September 1945
    8 October 1945 to 10 April 1946

  • Decommissioned, 30 July 1946
  • Struck the Naval Register, 26 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold to Luria Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, PA., 3 October 1947 for scrapping
  • USS LST-908 earned four battle stars 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-908 21k Launching of LST-908, 28 March 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc, Hingham MA. LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-908 5k USS LST-908 at anchor, date and location unknown. LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-908 12k USS LST-908 at Okinawa, April 1945 LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-908 13k USS LST-908 at Subic Bay PI, 1945 LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-908
    1016090805    		 176k USS LST-908 underway in San Francisco Bay circa 1946. Note the Homeward Bound Pennant.
    Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, Reference NHHC photo 79581    		 Darryl Baker
    USS LST-908
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Costello, Curtis B., USNR8 May 1944 - ?
    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 Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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