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USS LST-477 underway, 30 March 1943, location unknown.
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An unidentified LST and USS LST-477 beached at Makin Island, Gilbert Islands Group where the incoming tide caught some supplies and equipment being
unloaded. Cardboard cartons and boxes proved inadequate under these conditions and many fell apart resulting in the loss of some of the much needed resuppy items.
National Archives Identifier 193851475 US Army Air Corps photo # A50532A.C.
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USS LST-477 and LCT(5)-346 bringing seabees and supplies to Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands in February 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo. 108-6 from the Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum. Accession number 2013-495-463. Contributed Thomas J. Hanlon.
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from left to right;
USS LST-944,
USS LST-477 and
USS LST-795 moored Naval Station Pearl Harbor between 8 December 1944 and 22 January 1945 undergoing training during the build up for Operation Detachment, the Assault and
Occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945.
TimeLife_Image_115948783, by W. Eugene Smith. For personal non-commercial use only. |
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from left to right;
LCT-1245,
USS LST-724,
USS LST-944,
USS LST-477 and
USS LST-795 moored Naval Station Pearl Harbor between 8 December 1944 and 22 January 1945 undergoing training during the build up for Operation Detachment, the Assault and
Occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945.
TimeLife_Image_115948775, by W. Eugene Smith. For personal non-commercial use only. |
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Beach scene at Iwo Jima circa 23 February 1945 showing the beach cluttered with wrecked LVTs, landing craft and other debris. USS LST-477 is in the extreme right background. USS LST 477 was schedule to make her landing on 19 February with Marines of the 5th Tank Battalion but was delayed because of a direct hit from a kamikaze. It took the crew and the Marines until the morning of 23 February before they were able to land. The original print came from Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's World War II history project working files. It was provided to Morison by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 104211 |
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USS LST-477 unloading an M4 Tank of the USMC 3rd Tank Battalion the morning of 23 February 1945 at Iwo Jima about 45 min after the flag raising. LST-477
was delayed because of a Kamikaze hit the morning of 19 February 1945 the ship was heavily damaged but the crew and Marines worked together and managed to
limp in and get back in the war. |
John Somes for his father George E. Somes USS LST-477 |
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USS LST-477 moored, date and location unknown. |
John Somes |
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ExUSS LST-477 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge in 1946 outbound to sea enroute to Japan stripped on her armament to serve under Commander Naval
Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP) as Q091
US Navy photo from Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum |
Darryl Baker |
