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USS LST-1108


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Foxtrot
 NAZF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-1108 was sold to Argentina and named ARA Cabo San Sebastian (BDT-11)
542-Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 16 December 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 1 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1108, 27 February 1945, LT. Carl V. Lieb, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-1108 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater;
    LST Flotilla Thirty-Three, CAPT. C. A. Legg USN (24);
    LST Group Ninety-Seven, (Flagship) CDR. H. B. McLean;
    LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Three
  • Following World War II USS LST-1108 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 15 September to 8 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 15 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 September 1946
  • Sold, 10 January 1948, Pablo N. Ferrari & Co., named MV Doņa Irma
  • Resold in 1948 to the government of Argentina as BDT-11
  • Named ARA Cabo San Sebastian (BDT-11) in 1959
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1966, fate unknown
  • Transferred to Naval Transport Service
  • Disarmed in 1962 at Rio Santiago Naval Base
  • Struck from the Argentine Naval Register in 1963
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 March 1966, to Action S.A (Argentina)
    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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    1016110806    		 294k USS LST-1108 beached at Rongerik Atoll, Marshall Islands, 8 March 1946.
    Operation Crossroads (Bikini Test Activities). Department of Defense, Defense Atomic Support Agency. U.S. Nation Archives and Records Administration Identifier 146763092, Local ID 374-ANT-18-CR-401-10    		 David Upton
    LST-1108 88k USS LST-1108 preparing for the evacuation of the natives from Bikini Atoll in 1946. Submitted by Will Hochella. Photos by photo journalist Carl Mydans,
    contributed by LTjg. William Henry Hochella, USNR, XO LST-1108
    LST-1108 80k
    LST-1108
    1016110805    		 73k During the evacuation of Bikini Atoll in preparation for Operation Crossroads USS LST-1108 loaded the Bikinians canoes on board to take them to Rongerik Atoll in the Marshall Islands where the Bikini population was resettled. Tommy Trampp
    LST-1108 166k USS LST-1108 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she enters San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 82175. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    ARA Cabo San Sebastian (BDT-11)
    LST-1108 11K ARA Cabo San Sebastian (BDT-11) beached, date and location unknown.
    Official Argentine Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    USS LST-1108
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Lieb, Carl V., USNR27 February 1945 - 21 October 1945
    02LTjg. Olesko, Thomas S., USNR21 October 1945 - 10 May 1946
    03ENS. Hochella, William H., USNR10 May 1946 - 15 August 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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