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USS LST-1008

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Quebec - Lima
NVQL

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 - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-1008 was transferred to the Republic of China, seized by the Peoples Republic of China

542-Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 16 February 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Fore River Plant, Quincy, MA.

Launched, 23 March 1944

Commissioned USS LST-1008, 18 April 1944, LT, Richard M. Laden USN in command

During World War II USS LST-1008 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and the Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

USS LST-1008 embarked H Company, 41st Armored Infantry at 0510 hours, 8 June and disembarked 1500 hours, 9 June 1944 at Easy White Beach, Normandy

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-1008 came under the command of:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven, CAPT. Riley;
LST Group One Hundred Eleven LCDR. A. H. Tutt;
LST Division Two Hundred Twenty-Two

Following World War II USS LST-1008 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September 1945 to 4 May 1946	2 September 1945 to 4 May 1946

Decommissioned, 4 May 1946, and transferred to US State Department custody for further transfer to the Republic of China

Struck From the Naval Register, 19 June 1949

Seized by the Peoples Republic of China, date unknown

Current Disposition, China Navy Museum, Qing Dao, Shandang Province, Peoples Republic of China

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST-1008
	90k	USS LST-1008 under way, date and location unknown. World War II Press Photo	Tommy Trampp
	55k	USS LST-1008 under way, circa 1946, location unknown. US Navy photo.	S. C. Heal Esq.
PRCS LST-926
	47k	Lt. Osborne and his father discovered ex-USS LST-1008 moored in the port city of Qing Dao, Shandang Province, Peoples Republic of China at the China Navy Museum. Note that the ship, classified by the Chinese as a Shan Class LST, had been repainted and given a different hull number.	Lt. William Osborne, USMC
	40k	View of stern clearly showing welded US markings ex-USS LST 1008	Lt. William Osborne, USMC
	46k	Port side view of ex-USS LST-1008 superstructure	Lt. William Osborne, USMC
	39k	Bow on view of ex-USS LST-1008 showing bow doors	Lt. William Osborne, USMC
	47k	Port bow view of ex-USS LST-1008 showing bow doors	Lt. William Osborne, USMC
	47k	View of USS LST-1008 davit equipment clearly showing US origin.	Lt. William Osborne, USMC
1016100810	60k	Starboard bow view of ex-USS LST-1008 moored pierside at the China Navy Museum, Qing Dao, Shandang Province, Peoples Republic of China, (date unknown)	Tommy Trampp
	39k	Port bow view of ex-USS LST-1008 moored pierside at the China Navy Museum, Qing Dao, Shandang Province, Peoples Republic of China, (date unknown)

USS LST-1008
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Laden, Richard Melton, USN	18 April 1944 - 4 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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