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USS LST-339

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Victor - Foxtrot
NXVF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 17 July 1942, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Launched, 8 November 1942

Commissioned USS LST-339, 23 December 1942, LT. John H. Fulweiler, USNR

During World War II USS LST-339 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Eight, CAPT E. Watts, USN;
LST Group Twenty-Three, CDR. T.C. Linthicum, USN;
LST Division Forty-Five and
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G. B. Carter, USN
LST Group Thirteen, CDR R.W. Lejeunesse, USN
LST Division Twenty-Six and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
New Georgia Group operations New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June and 4 July 1943 Vella Lavella occupation, 17, 18 and 26 August 1943	Western New Guinea operations Biak Island operation, 27 to 30 May, 6 to 10 and 16 to 20 June 1944 Noemfoor Island operation, 30 June to 4 July and 6 to 11 July 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Treasury-Bougainville operation Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 6, 17 and 27 November 1943	Hollandia operation, 21 to 28 April 1944

Following World War II USS LST-339 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 15 to 25 November 1945

Decommissioned, 13 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 June 1947

USS LST-339 earned four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1947, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, IL.

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
1016033902	352k	USS LST-339 beached at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Island, 6 November 1943. US National Archives Identifier # 74241706, US Marine Corps HQ photo # 68229 now in the collections of the US National Archives	Bob Bibbee for his Father-in-law John P Herrmann USS LST-339 and David Upton
	85k	USS LST-339 beached at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Island, 6 November 1943. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Bob Bibbee for his Father-in-law John P Herrmann USS LST-339
	79k	USS LST-339 beached at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Island, 6 November 1943. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Bob Bibbee for his Father-in-law John P Herrmann USS LST-339
	34k	USS LST-339 beached at the mainland staging point on Wakde Island, Dutch New Guinea, circa June 1944, prior to the Allied landing on Noemfoor Island, 2 July 1944.	Australian War Memorial
	195k	USS LST-339 beached, date and location unknown.	Brian Miller
	36k	USS LST-339 at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 1946	Bob Bibbee for his Father-in-law John P Herrmann USS LST-339

USS LST-339
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Fulweiler, John H. USNR	23 December 1942 - 4 September 1943
02	LT. Croft, James J., USNR	4 September 1943 - 1945
03	LT. Cathles, Lawren M., USNR	1945 - 13 May 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 May 1944
LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
History of LST Flotilla Seven
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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