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USS LST-934


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Romeo - Victor
 NVRV
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 - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
542-Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 29 June 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 29 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-934, 2 August 1944, LT. Robert W. Cumming Jr. USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-934 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines;
    Palawan Island landings, 1 to 2 March 1945
    Mindanao Island landings, 18 March and 29 March to 1 April 1945
    Visayan Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation;
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 12 to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-934 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    16 September to 10 December 1945 
    19 December 1945 to 13 May 194619 December 1945 to 13 May 1946

  • Decommissioned, 13 May 1946 and transferred to the State Department the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946
  • USS LST-934 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • 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 934 148k USS LST-934 beached, date and location unknown. Mary Butler Arnold,in honer of her father David Max Butler CPO YMS-82 and LST-934 (1917-1997)
    LST-666
    1016066617    		 241k In the background USS LST-934 moored to the end of the pier as USS LST-666 is beaching at Palawan, Philippine Islands 1 March 1945. . David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
    USS LST-934
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Cumming Jr., Robert W., USNR2 August 1944 - February 1945
    02LTjg. Conroy, William J., USNRFebruary 1945 - December 1945
    03LTjg. Dillard, Robert G., USNRDecember 1945 - March 1946
    04LTjg. Hall Jr., Galon W., USNRMarch 1946 - 13 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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    Last Updated 14 February 2020