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USS LST-632

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Hotel - Charlie
NFHC

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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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

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During World War II USS LST-632 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Eight, CAPT E. Watts, USN;
LST Group Twenty-Two, CDR. E. H. Pope, USN;
LST Division Forty-Four and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 12 March and 17 to 23 April 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945

Following World War II USS LST-632 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
16 September to 4 October 1945
20 December 1945 to 13 May 1946	20 December 1945 to 13 May 1946

USS LST-632 earned four battle stars for World War II service

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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
	43k	USS LST-632, USS LST-740 and USS LST-1017 beached at Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 18 September 1944, D+3.		Clark E. Parks SM1/c USS LST-740
	76k	USS LST-632 at anchor at Lingayen Gulf, 6 January 1945.		Wes Stone, Lusby, MD. -"In memory of the men of the USNATB, Solomons, MD."
	426k	USS LST-632 at anchor at Lingayen Gulf, circa 6 to 9 January 1945.		Judy G Reagan (Bair) in honor of her father LCDR Ernest E Bair USNR Ret.
	432k	USS LST-632 beached while unloading cargo at Lingayen Gulf, circa 9 January 1945.		Judy G Reagan (Bair) in honor of her father LCDR Ernest E Bair USNR Ret.
	218k	USS LST-632 underway at Haiphong, French Indochina, date unknown.		Richard D. Geiger, Shipfitter 3/C, LST-632 In memory of the Australian troops that lost their lives during the Borneo operation
	58k	Units of Australian 7 Division assembling and loading aboard USS LST-632 at Morotai, Borneo 21-22 June 1945. LST-632 is part of ships forming a convoy for Operation OBOE 2. Australian War Memorial, Photo No.109884.		Mike Green
	70k	USS LST-632 beached at Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 21-22 June 1945, while troops of the Australian 7th Division board for landings at Balikpapan, Borneo. Australian War Memorial photo # 109885.		Australian War Memorial
	67k	USS LST-632 beached at Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 22 June 1945, while troops of the Australian 7th Division load there vehicles for the landing at Balikpapan, Borneo. Australian War Memorial photo # 109924.		Australian War Memorial
	157k	USS LST-632 underway with Australian 7th Division army units on board bound for the Balikpapan landings, circa late June early July 1945.		Richard D. Geiger, Shipfitter 3/C, LST-632 In memory of the Australian troops that lost their lives during the Borneo operation
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	241k	An unidentified LCI standing by as fires burn out of control at the oil refineries at Balikpapan, Borneo . Photo taken from the deck of USS LST-632, during the Balikpapan operation, circa late June early July 1945.		Richard D. Geiger, Shipfitter 3/C, LST-632 In memory of the Australian troops that lost their lives during the Borneo operation
	567k	USS LST-632 officers, date and location unknown. (Ltjg/Ens Bair), Ships Stores Officer, is seated at the end of the back row on the left side.		Judy G Reagan (Bair) in honor of her father LCDR Ernest E Bair USNR Ret.
	475k	USS LST-632 officers and part of the enlisted crew, date and location unknown.		Judy G Reagan (Bair) in honor of her father LCDR Ernest E Bair USNR Ret.
	351k	USS LST-632 officers and crew, date and location unknown.		Sandi Mayo, for her father Billy James Compton USS LST-632

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USS LST-632
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Chandler Jr., George Walter, USNR	12 August 1944 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Warren, John S., USNR	November 1945 - 30 May 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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