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USS LST-922

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Papa - Echo
NVPE

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 (3) - 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, 26 April 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.

Launched, 7 June 1944

Commissioned USS LST-922, 29 June 1944, LTjg. Ronnie A. Stallings USN in command

During World War II USS LST-922 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Luzon operation; Lingayen Gulf landings, 3 to 18 January 1945	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines; Palawan Islands landings, 1 to 2 March 1945 Visayan Island landings, 2 to 4 April 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations; Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January, 1945

Following World War II USS LST-922 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
21 September to 5 November 1945
20 November to 14 December 1945
10 January to 11 March 1946	10 January to 11 March 1946

Decommissioned, 8 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946

USS LST-922 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold to Walter W. Johnson Co., 13 June 1948, for scrapping

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

7 officers, 104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers, 147 enlisted

Boats 4 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
90k	USS LST-666 and USS LST-922 moored or beached, date and location unknown.	Hal Young USS LST-666
26k	USS LST-919 USS LST-922 and USS LST-990 beached at Red Beach Leyte Island, P.I., 14 December 1944.	LST Home Port web site
62k	USS LST-919, USS LST-922 and USS LST-990 beached at Red Beach Leyte Island, P.I., 14 December 1944, loading supplies and equipment bound for Mindoro Island, P.I. Australian War Memorial photo # OG 1909.	Australian War Memorial
87k	USS LST-919, USS LST-922 and USS LST-990 beached at Mindoro Island, P.I., 15 December 1944 unloading supplies and equipment. Australian War Memorial photo # 017890.	Australian War Memorial
659k	USS LST-922 and USS LST-457 along with several other LSTs unloading at a pier that was built in one day by Army Engineers at Cebu City, P.I., 3 April 1945. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 205893, by T5 George Arend, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
94k	USS LST-922 beached at Morotai, in the embarkation area for "Operation Oboe 6", 30 May 1945. Australian War Memorial photo # 108508.	Australian War Memorial
81k	USS LST-922 beached at Morotai, 30 May 1945 while loading a Matilda tank of the Royal Australian Army 2/9th Armoured Regiment for transportation to North Borneo and "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108521.	Australian War Memorial
89k	USS LST-922 at anchor, circa 1945-46, location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 84705. Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1976.	US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS LST-922
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Stallings, Ronnie A., USN	29 June 1944 - 5 November 1945
02	LTjg. Rawlins, Rea G., USNR	5 November 1945 - May 1946
03	LTjg. Searing George R., USNR	May 1946 - 8 July 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 Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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