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USS LST-74

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Xray - Charlie
NYXC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 1 January 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co, Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 31 March 1943

Commissioned USS LST-74, 15 June 1943, LT. James W. McBrier, USN, in command

During World War II USS LST-74 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following actions/campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Convoy UGS-36, 1 April 1944	Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

Decommissioned, 21 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 22 September 1947, to the Southern Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, La., and subsequently scrapped

USS LST-74 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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	Contributed By
1016007404	183k	Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and COMO. L.P. Johnson on an inspection tour of USS LST-74 at Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons, MD., 31 October 1943. Left to Right: Secretary Stimson and COMO. Johnson. Background: Brigadier General Frank A. Keating; LTjg. R.F. Alsfelder; Assistant Secretary of War John. J. McCloy and LT. Colonel W.H.S. Wright, Aide de Camp. US National Archives photo # 80-G-203868, a US Navy photo now in the custody of the US National Archives, NARA II, College Park, MD.	Tracy White
	545k	USS LST-603, USS LST-74 and USS LST-141 load soldiers of the *US 3rd Infantry Division* at Bagnoli harbor, in the Formio area of Italy, 31st July, 1944, during an embarkation exercise prior to Operation 'Dragoon' the Invasion of Southern France. US National Archives photo # 192699, Box 222, a US Army Signal Corps photo by Leibowitz, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr and Robert Hurst
	1679k	Four LSTs, (right to left) USS LST-178, USS LST-74, unidentified, and USS LST-656 load out at Bagnoli, Italy, 8 August 1944, for the upcoming invasion of southern France. US National Archives photo # III-SC-193359, Box 225 a US Army Signal Corps photo, by Lapidus, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
	168k	USS LST-74 and USS LST-140 loading for the invasion of southern France, at Naples, Italy, August 1944	Rich Heller Sgt. William Heller's World War II Memoirs 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army 1943-1945
	171k	USS LST-526, USS LST-140, USS LST-74 and USS LST-174 loading for the invasion of southern France, at Naples, Italy, August 1944	Rich Heller Sgt. William Heller's World War II Memoirs 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army 1943-1945
	868k	*YT-160* at Toulon, France, circa October-November 1944. Note USS LST-74 moored in the background.	Clinton Johnson for his father Earl Clinton Lampp MoMM1c (USNR V6) YT-160
1016090739	124k	USS LST-74, USS LST-907 and and USS LST-988 moored in a nest, date and location unknown. Luke Karolchyk LST-907 photo collection	Mary Ann Karolchyk and Cheryl Brozovic on behalf of their father Luke Karolchyk LST-907

USS LST-74
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. McBrier, James William, USN	15 June 1943 - 7 September 1943
02	LT. Siebenthal, S. A., USN	7 September 1943 - August 1944
03	LT. Owen, Robert J., USNR	August 1944 - August 1945
04	LT. Parsons, Lloyd J., USNR	August 1945 - 21 December 1945


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