Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

USS LST-1014


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Quebec - Delta
 NVQD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 15 March 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 16 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-1014, 5 May 1944, LT. William H. Weldon, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-1014 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
    Leyte landings, 30 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 10 June 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944     		 

  • For the Okinawa Gunto operations USS LST-1014 was assigned to:
    LST Flotilla Sixteen, CAPT. N. W. Sears;
     LST Group Forty-Six, LCDR. J. R. Keeling USNR;
     LST Division Ninety-Two
  • Following World War II USS LST-1014 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 13 to 26 October 1945
  • Decommissioned 6 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • USS LST-1014 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold, 12 September 1946, to Construction Power & Merchandizing Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
    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
    LST-740 247k Leyte Operation, 1944. Twenty landing ships, tank, pour army equipment ashore on Cataisan Point, near Tacloban City, Leyte, during the build up of U.S. forces there, circa late October or early November 1944. Note large number of vehicles parked on and near the airfield, and the very wet condition there, two most distant LST's in upper right are USS LST-740 and USS LST-1014.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-272632 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command    		 Clark E. Parks SM1/c USS LST-740
    USS LST-1014
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Weldon, William Henry, USNR5 May 1944 - 13 November 1945
    02LTjg. Mahoney, Daniel Joseph, USNR13 November 1945 - 6 March 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
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Amphibious Ship Type Index Back To The Tank Landing Ship (LST) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 5 April 2019