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USS LST-452

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Echo - Whiskey
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 20 July 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA.

Launched, 10 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-452, 16 January 1943

During World War II USS LST-452 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Eastern New Guinea operation Lae occupation, 4 to 5 September 1943 Finschhafen occupation, 22 to 23 September 1943 Saidor occupation, 2 to 3 January 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 13 to 27 October 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 28 December 1943, 9 to 12 January and 5 to 9 February 1944 Admiralty Islands landings, 11 to 15 March 1944	Luzon operations Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 15 January 1945
Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April, 27 April to 3 May and 9 to 16 May 1944	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 4 July 1945
Western New Guinea operation Biak Islands operation, 27 to 29 May and 31 May to 4 June 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 4 August, 6 to 12 and 22 to 28 August 1944 Morotai landing, 15 September 1944

Following World War II USS LST-452 was assigned to China service from 20 March to 21 May 1946

Decommissioned, 12 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946

USS LST-452 earned seven battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines, 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	59k	Part of the 9th Australian Division, under the command of Major-General G.F. Wooten landing at Lae, New Guinea, 4 September 1943. USS LST-452 and other LSTs are unloading troops and equipment. Australian War Museum, Photo No. 042365	Mike Green
	971k	US Army troops move stores ashore from USS LST-452 while beached during landing operations east of Lae, New Guinea., 9 September 1943. US National Archives photo # III-SC 186001, Box 199, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
	107k	USS LST-452 heads into the beach with a full deck load for the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943. US National Archives photo # 80-G-44466	Tracy White
	46k	USS LST-452 beached, date and place unknown.	Scott Molski
	2248k	Six LSTs including USS LST-221, USS LST-456 and USS LST-452 loading men and equipment during a practice landing near Lae, New Guinea, 10 April 1944. US Army Signal Corps photo # SWPA-C-44-12328 by Cpl. Claude Carnay.	Dave Kerr
	46k	USS LST-452 along with two unidentified LSTs beached during the capture of Wakke, Biak Island Operations, Western New Guinea, 27 May 1944. Note Japanese bomber shot down within 20 yards of landing area while attempting a suicide dive on LST's. Photo by Jim Fitzpatrick.	Submitted by Adrain K. 'for educational purposes' Source-"Pictorial History of Australia at War 39-45", 5 Volumes. 1959
	92k	US Army tanks deploy across an invasion beach as USS LST-171 and USS LST-452 unload their cargos, date and location unknown. World War II press photo.	Tommy Trampp
1016045206	257k	USS LST-452 in convoy with LSM's passing through Leyte Gulf, on the way to the Leyte beachhead, 20 October 1944. US National Archives Identifier # 80662621 - US Army Signal Corps photo # 255815	David Upton
1016045207	6809k	USS LST-452, USS LST-454, USS LST-456 and USS LST-22 unload US Army troops on the Luzon beachhead on invasion day, 9 January 1945. A row of LSTs unload men and armaments to set up the advance upon Manila. At left, a Coast Guard beach party member directs landing traffic beside the striped signal flag. At right is a wrecked Japanese plane. US National Archives Identifier # 205585642, Local Identifier 26-G-3859, US Coast Guard photo # 26-G-3859	David Upton