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USS LST-29


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Foxtrot - Quebec
 NFFQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic=Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 January 1943 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.
  • Launched, 17 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-29, 10 July 1943, LT. Oliver W. Barber, USN in command
  • During World War II USS USS LST-29 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN; and
     LST Flotilla Three, CDR. A.A. Ageton USN (23);
     LST Group Eight;
     LST Division Fifteen and participated in the following operations:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Gilbert Islands operation
    Tarawa, 28 November to 8 December 1943     		Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July to 5 August 1944
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944;
    Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 17 February to 2 March 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 3 to 22 May 1945

  • Decommissioned, 11 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • USS LST-29 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold, 17 June 1946, to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA., fate unknown
    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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    LST-29
    1016002902    		 290k USS LST-29 crew pose for a picture with a captured Japanese garrison flag. Marshall Islands, before 11 March 1944.
    US National Archives Identifier 193835897 US Army Air Corps photo # 50085A.C.    		 David Upton
    LST-29 106k USS LST-29 beached, date and location unknown. Note the swimming pool created by the crew. CAPT. Jerry Mason, USN

    013744d    		 747k USS LST-29 moored alongside for the decommissioning ceremony of the refloated hulk of the battleship Oklahoma (BB-37), 1 September 1944. Note the ceremony taking place aft of turret.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog No.: UA 430.01.01    		 Mike Green
    LCT-1229
    1018122901    		 265k LCT(6)-1229 loaded onto USS LST-29 with USS LST-78 to the left at Kewalo Basin, Oahu, T.H., 31 March 1945, as men of the 807th Engineer Aviation Battalion, U.S. Army Air Corps load fuel drums aboard the LSTs in preparation for the unit's transfer to a forward base.
    U.S. National Archives Identifier 204978941, Local Identifer 342-FH-3A41207-64996AC, U.S. Army Air Corps photo # 64996AC/    		 David Upton
    USS LST-29 unloading (rolling) 55-gallon drums of aviation fuel into a floating storage area. Apamama Island, Gilbert Islands. 1st week of December, 1943.
    Select frames from a short film named "Landing Supplies At Apamama Atoll, Gilbert Islands." Department of the Navy. National Archives ID 75993 Local ID 428-NPC-1433.
    LST-29
    1016002903    		 LST-29
    1016002904    		 LST-29
    1016002905    		 LST-29
    1016002906    		 LST-29
    1016002907    		 LST-29
    1016002908    		 LST-29
    1016002909
    USS LST-29
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Barber, Oliver Warren, USN10 July 1943 - 12 July 1943
    02LT. Jenkins, Albert M., USNR12 July 1943 - 1944
    03LT. Lacey, Donald S., USNR1944 - 5 March 1944
    04LT. Humkey, Walter B., USNR5 March 1944 - 31 August 1944
    05LT. Gregory Jr., Thomas A., USNR31 August 1944 - 18 August 1945
    06LT. Barhight, Charles R., USNR18 August 1945 - 11 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
    LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
    LST Flotilla Five Action Report 28 July 1944
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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