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USS LST-619

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Echo - Tango
NFET

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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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

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During World War II USS LST-619 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 18 October to 29 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines; Palawan Island landings, 1 to 2 March 1945 Visayan Island landings, Cebu, 26 March 1945
Luzon operation Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944

Following World War II USS LST-619 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 3 October 1945
15 October to 2 November 1945
10 November 1945 to 25 April 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 May 1948, to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA.

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	114k	USS LST-619 beached while unloading troops, date and location unknown.		Harry L. Bonds SM3/c USS LST-619
1016091215	382k	USS LST-619 and USS LST-912 beached at Palawan Island, Philippine Islands, March 1945.		David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
	86k	USS LST-619 and USS LST-573 beached at Morotai, Western New Guinea, 30 May 1945, while trucks of the Australian Army's 2/16 Transport Platoon are being guided up LST-573's ramp. Australian War Memorial photo # 108513.		Australian War Memorial.
	141k	USS LST-619 beached, date and location unknown.		Terry Mosher for his father Harry Daines Mosher Jr. S1/c USS LST-619

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USS LST-619
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Brennan, James M., USNR	5 June 1944 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Bruda, Jack Guild, USNR	November 1945 - 25 April 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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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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