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USS LST-535

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Alpha - Romeo
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-535 was transferred to the Republic of China and named ROCS Chung Wan (LST-229)

LST-491 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 19 October 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 21 December 1943

Commissioned USS LST-535, 4 February 1944. LT. Martin L. Olson, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-535 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-535, LT. M. L. Olson USNR in command, came under the command of;
LST Flotilla Thirty-Six, CAPT. D. F. J. Shea USN (23)
LST Group One Hundred Six, CDR. O. P Thomas Jr., USN (26);
LST Division Two Hundred-Twelve and participating in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 30 May to 10 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-535 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods;

Navy Occupation Service Medal
10 to 28 September 1945
1 to 14 January 1946

Decommissioned, 14 January 1946 and assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q014

Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 31 March 1952 and placed in service by MSTS as USNS T-LST-535

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958

USS LST-535 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Transferred to the Republic of China, 1 October 1958, named ROCS Chung Wan (LST-229)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

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
	118k	USS LST-316, USS LST-60 and USS LST-535 beached at Juno Beach, in Mike Sector on D+1 (7 June 1944)	LST Home Port Web Site
1016037309	120k	USS LST-373 with USS LST-535 alongside unloading across Omaha beach 28 August 1944. Photo by Hyman Yomtov	Nel Yomtov for his father Hyman Yomtov
	105k	USS LST-535 moored pierside Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., date unknown	John Ross for his step-father Raymond Willis SF1/c USS LST-920

USS LST-535
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Olson, Martin L., USNR	4 February 1944 - November 1945
02	LT. Wise, Robert L., USNR	November 1945 - 14 January 1946


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