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USS LST(H)-42
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USS LST-42 (1943 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Golf - Delta
NPGD

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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Commissioned USS LST-42, 30 September 1943, LT. Roy L. Guy, USN, in command During World War II, USS LST-42 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Three, CDR. A.A. Ageton USN (23);
LST Group Nine, CDR. S.A. Life USNR;
LST Division Seventeen and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944 Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 19 February to 2 March 1944	Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
Marianas operation Capture and Occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 28 July 1944 Tinian Capture and occupation, 24 to 26 July 1944	Iwo Jima operation Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 3 March 1945

Following World War II USS LST(H)-42 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 October 1945 to 24 March 1946	25 March to 7 April 1946
8 to 16 April 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 March 1948, to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA.

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	290k	Launching of LST-42, 17 August 1943, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.		Yu Chu
	75k	USS LST-42 and USS LST-272 beached, date and location unknown. The bulldozer is creating landing ramps to off-load equipment from the two LSTs. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1945.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	93k	USS LST-42 appears to be approaching the beach to make a landing alongside the already beached USS LSM-47. Note the very busy anchorage in the background.		USS LSM / LSMR Association
	578k	USS LST-42 at anchor, date and location unknown.		David Buell

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USS LST-42
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Guy, Roy L., USN	30 September 1943 - 9 November 1944
02	LT. Forbis, James W., USNR	9 November 1944 - June 1945
03	LTjg. Baldwin, Robert S., USNR (acting)	June 1945 - 13 July 1945
04	LT. Redding, Charles M., USNR	13 July 1945 - 13 November 1945
05	LT. Stewart Jr., Robert T., USNR	13 November 1945 - March 1946
06	LTjg. Van Wagoner Jr., J. R., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
07	LTjg. Knell, Martin, USNR	June 1946 - 26 July 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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For more photos and information about USS LST-42 see; Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D" The USS LST Ship Memorial LST Home Port State LST Chapters United States LST Association

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