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USS LST-1

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Papa
NDNP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Normandy 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 June 1942, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.

Launched, 7 September 1942

Placed in reduced commissioned status for transit to her fitting out yard, 5 December 1942, CDR. Oscar Cottman B. Wev USCG in command

Commissioned in full USS LST-1, 14 December 1942, LT. W. L. Chessman, in command

During World War II USS LST-1 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943	West Coast of Italy operations-1944 Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 22 January to 1 March 1944
Salerno landings, 2 to 21 September 1943	Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Decommissioned. 21 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

USS LST-1 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 January 1948, to Ships Power and Equipment Co., Barber, N.J.

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	Source
1016000108	43k	*LST-1* launching, 7 September 1942, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA. Dravo Corp. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection	Tommy Trampp
1016000101	85k	USS LST-1 probably taken in the Pittsburgh, PA., area soon after the ship was completed, circa December 1942. Courtesy of William H. Davis. US Navy photo # NH 91610, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command .	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	117k	USS LST-1, underway soon after completion, circa December 1942. Photo was probably taken in vicinity of Pittsburgh, PA. Donation of Captain Oscar C.B. Wev, USCG (Retired), 1988. US Navy photo # NH 97857, from the collections of the US US Naval History and Heritage Command .	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	96k	USS LST-1, landing US Army troops on an Italian beach, via a causeway. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-175, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	70k	USS LST-1, landing US Army trucks and field guns on an Italian beach, via a causeway. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-174, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	67k	USS LST-1, landing US Army vehicles on an Italian beach. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-235, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	88k	US Army Engineers haul a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, at Salerno, circa September 1943. USS LST-1 is in the center background. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-276, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	86k	*LCT-222* lands a US Army jeep on an Italian beach. USS LST-1 is in the background. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-176, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	126k	From left to right; HM LST-323, USS LST-1, USS LST-381 and USS LST-351 being loaded with reversed DUKWs at Salerno Harbor in preparation for the Anzio Landings scheduled for January 20-21, 1944. Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Official Collection, by Dawson (Sgt), Photo No. © IWM (NA 11079)	Mike Green
	88k	USS LST-1 (right) and USS LST-292 "high and dry" on the beach as Saint-Michel-en-Greves, on the north shore of the Brittany Peninsula, during supply operations in support of the campaign against German forces at Brest, France, in September 1944. Taken by a SHAFE photographer. US National Archives photo # 80-G-247120, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS LST-1
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
	CDR. Wev, Oscar Cottman Buckingham, USCG (Ferry Crew)	5 December 1942 - 14 December 1942
01	LT. Chessman, Wesley Edison, USNR	14 December 1942 - April 1943
02	LT. Windham, Henry C., USNR	April 1943 - August1943
03	LT. Lockwood, David S., USN	August 1943 - 9 March 1944
04	LT. Emley, Lawrence, USNR	9 March 1944 - 1945
05	LT. Respass, James C., USNR	1945 - October 1945
06	LT. Bryan, James E., USNR	October 1945 - January 1946
07	LTjg. Miller, Hugh M., USN	January 1946 - April 1946
08	LTjg. Hoots, Howard L., USNR	April 1946 - 21 May 1946


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