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USS LST-592


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Yankee - Xray
 NEYX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 June 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 5 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-592, 1 September 1944, LT. William R. Finger, USN, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-592 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945     		Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines<
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 12 to 27 June 1945     		 

  • Following World War II USS LST-592 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    20 September to 12 October1945
    25 October to 30 November 1945

  • Decommissioned, 11 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • USS LST-592 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 October 1947, to the Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, MD.
    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
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    LSM-315, LST 933/592 40k USS LSM-315, USS LST-592 and USS LST-933, at Ormoc, Leyte, P.I., date unknown. LST933 Home page web site
    LST 592 145k USS LST-592 at anchor, date and location unknown. Greg Worzalla for his father Len Worzalla USS LST-592
    LST 592
    1016059203    		 121k USS LST-592 at anchor, circa 1945, and location unknown.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74309    		  
    LST 592
    1016059204    		 121k USS LST-592 crossing the Equator initiation ceremony, the Shellbacks, 19 October 1944 Kelly McCrystle for his grandfather Ernie Osburn USS LST-1081
    LST 592
    1016059205    		 46k
    LST 592
    1016059207    		 42k USS LST-592 underway loaded with a deck cargo of vehicles, date and location unknown. Kelly McCrystle for his grandfather Ernie Osburn USS LST-1081
    LST 592
    1016059206    		 77k USS LST-592 beached, date and location unknown. Kelly McCrystle for his grandfather Ernie Osburn USS LST-1081
    LST 592
    1016059208    		 564k USS LST-592 itinerary, 12 October 1944 to 13 January 1946. Kelly McCrystle for his grandfather Ernie Osburn USS LST-1081
    USS LST-592
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Finger, William Ralph, USN1 September 1944 - 11 June 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
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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