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USNS T-LST-623
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USS LST-623 (1944 - 1952)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Foxtrot - Romeo
NFFR

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

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USS LST-623 was transferred to Singapore and named RSN Perseverance (L 206)

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During World War II USS LST-623 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, 16 to 30 October and 9 to 29 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines; Palawan Island landings, 1 to 2 March 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II USS LST-623 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
28 September to 5 November 1945
14 November 1945 to 27 February 1946	14 November 1945 to 27 February 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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		Contributed By
USS LST-623
	401k	USS LST-623 Plan of the Day, 19 October 1944		Kathleen Golden for her father James H. Murphy USS LST-623
1015102702	297k	USS LST-623, USS LST 1027 and USS LST-697 unload across White Beach, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 22 October 1944. LST-1027 is waiting for the cat to finish building a ramp on the beach so that she can unload. US National Archives Identifier # 80662621 - US Army Signal Corps photo # 260576		David Upton
	69k	USS LST-623 beached in the background on Orange Beach during the Lingayen Gulf landings on 16 January 1945. In the foreground USS LST-925 has broached at a right angle to USS LST-1028. Both ships had been seriously damaged by Japanese Torpedo Boats using depth charges. USS LST-687 is unloading an amphibious DUKW at far right.		Photo by Bernard DeNoma LCT-725 radioman and machine gunner
	57k	USS LST-623 beached while unloading in Philippines, date and location unknown.		LST Home Port web site
	38k	USS LST-623 and USS LST-751 in dry dock, date and location unknown.		LST Home Port web site
	485k	Certificate issued aboard USS LST-623 to James H. Murphy having crossed the line on 29 August 1944.		Kathleen Golden for her father James H. Murphy USS LST-623
1016062307	86k	USS LST-623 in the anchorage at San Pedro Bay, Samar in December 1945. Photo by LTjg. Edwin Klump USS Russell (DD-414).		John Chiquoine
USNS T-LST-623
	72k	USNS T-LST-623 and USNS T-LST-520 moored at a ramp in Japan during the Korean War.		Tommy Trampp
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USS LST-623 / USNS T-LST-623
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. MacLean Jr., James Dickson, USNR	29 June 1944 - 27 May 1945
03	LT. Meyers, Charles Anthony, USNR	27 May 1945 - 21 December 1945
04	LTjg. Thompson, Henry L., USNR	21 December 1945 - 27 February 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 Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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