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USS LST-1139

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)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 15 January 1945, at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 9 April 1945

Commissioned USS LST-1139, 27 April 1945, LT. John J. Flood, Jr. USNR in command

During World War II USS LST-1139 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Four, CAPT. H. H. Tiemroth;
LST Group One Hundred One;
LST Division Two Hundred Three

Following World War II USS LST-1139 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 to 11 December 1945

Decommissioned, 20 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 28 June 1948, to Port Houston Iron Works, Inc., Houston, TX,., for non-self-propelled operation, fate unknown

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

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
	104k	USS LST-1139 beached, with an LCT off-loading troops and a landing craft from Lanier (APA-125) beached in the foreground, date and LOCATION unknown.		Russ Padden from the USS Lanier cruise book

USS LST-1139
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Flood Jr., John J., USNR	27 April 1945- 31 October 1945
02	LT. Scrivner Jr., Lairie Anderson, USNR	31 October 1945 - 16 February 1946
03	LTjg. Cole, George A., USNR	16 February 1946 - 31 May 1946
04	LTjg. Richardson, Lewell F., USNR	31 May 1946 - 20July 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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