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USS LST-666

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - India - Zulu
NFIZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 16 February 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 24 April 1944

Commissioned USS LST-666, 16 May 1944, at Ambridge, PA., LT. John H. Reid, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-666 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-three and participated in the following campaigns

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Western New Guinea operation Morotai landings, 15 September 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operation Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings - Tacloban, 16 to 30 October and 9 to 29 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Palawan Island landings, Puerto Princessa, 1 to 2 March 1945 Visayan Island landings, Iloilo, Panay Island and Pulupandan, Negros Island, 18 March and 29 March to 1 April 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 9 July 1945

Following World War II USS LST-666 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
28 September to 12 December 1945
20 December 1945 to 5 January 1946

Decommissioned, 20 June 1946, A total of 314 officers and men served aboard USS LST-666 during the ship's 25 months of commissioned service

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946

USS LST-666 earned six battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 26 September 1947, to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA. for scrapping

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

7 officers, 104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers, 147 enlisted

Boats 6 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
	101k	USS LST-666 crew photo, 7 May 1944, Ambridge, PA.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	83k	USS LST-666 and USS LST-741 beached on D+3, 18 September 1944, while unloading at Halmahera Island during the Morotai landings, Western New Guinea operation.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	78k	USS LST-666 beached on D+3, 18 September 1944, while unloading at Halmahera Island during the Morotai landings, Western New Guinea operation.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
1016066616	129k	USS LST-666 beached at Leyte, Philippine Islands on D+1 10 November 1944.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
	90k	Philippine citizens watch USS LST-666 unloading a tank at La Paz, Subic Bay on the Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, P.I., D-Day, 4 February 1945. The landing was unopposed.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	164k	Philippine citizens watch USS LST-666 unloading trucks at La Paz, Subic Bay on the Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, P.I., D-Day, 4 February 1945. The landing was unopposed.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	121k	USS LST-666 beaching at La Paz, Subic Bay on the Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, P.I., D-Day, 4 February 1945. A San Francisco Daily News photo dated 6 February 1945 and captioned: "SHORE-SIDE SEATS are taken by Filipinos at the invasion of Subic Bay by Mac Arthur's forces. It's the real thing and, unlike the old-time maneuvers, no one is barred, even Japs. The latter, however, were absent, and the surprise landing was bloodless. Old glory flies again on Subic Bay. A pair of Filipino girls happily embrace as a heavily-loaded LST noses into the sand under the shadow of the Stars and Stripes. The Subic Bay landing cut retreating Japs off from Bataan. Yesterday, Yank forces spread steadily through Manila's streets."	Hal Young USS LST-666
	302k	USS LST-666 at anchor in Subic Bay in 1945.	Dave Aro
1016066618	140k	USS LST-666 beaching at Palawan, Philippine Islands 1 March 1945.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066617	241k	USS LST-666 beaching at Palawan, Philippine Islands 1 March 1945. In the backgorund USS LST-934 is moored to the end of pier.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066623	71k	USS LST-666 crew members Cecil Mucklow top left other names unknown. Photo was probably taken in the Philippines, date unknown.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066625	143k	USS LST-666 unidentified crew members. Photo was probably taken in the Philippines, date unknown.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066619	217k	USS LST-666 probably the ship's engineering department, date unknown. Photo was most likely taken early in the ship's Pacific deployment. Cecil Mucklow is is second from left in back row.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066624	217k	USS LST-666 crew members probably at Okinawa.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066620	104k	USS LST-666 crew members Cecil Mucklow on the left, Campbell and Dodd. Photo was taken while the ship was at anchor off Saipan, date unknown.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
	106k	View of Puerto Princessa, Palawan, P.I., D+1, 1 May 1945 as seen from USS LST-666.	Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	94k	USS LST-666 beached at Puerto Princessa, Palawan, P.I., D+1, 1 May 1945.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	162k	USS LST-666 and USS LST-922 moored or beached, date and location unknown.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666 and David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
	91k	USS LST-666 at anchor off Saipan in 1946. She is flying her Homeward Bound pennant.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666 and David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
1016066622	60k	USS LST-666 probably at anchor off Saipan in 1946.	David A. Mucklow for his father Cecil N. Mucklow MoMM/3c USS LST-666
	102k	USS LST-666 signal bridge crew. (Harold A. Young SM2/c lower right), date unknown.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	95k	USS LST-666 gun crew, left to right, Parsons, Marsh, Foster, Latini, unknown, date unknown.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	85k	USS LST-666 gun crew, left to right, D'Agostino, Becker, Glabas, Eberhardt, date unknown.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	1167k	USS LST-666 anchored off San Pedro, CA. after 21 months at sea, 10 February 1946.	Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666 and David Buell.

USS LST-666
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Reid, John H., USNR	16 May 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Prince, Sanford J., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Kobrock, John D., USNR	March 1946 - 20 June 1946


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