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USS LST-671


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Juliet - Tango
 NFJT
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 - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 28 March 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 11 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-671, 2 June 1944, LT. Jack E. Kauffman, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-671 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operations
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April 7 June 1945
    Luzon operations
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    		 

  • Following service in the Southwest Pacific Area USS LST-671 was assigned to:
    LST Flotilla Three, (flagship) CDR. A. A. Ageton USN (23);
     LST Group Eight;
     LST Division Sixteen
  • Following World War II USS LST-671 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    10 to 29 September 1945
    18 October to 3 December 1945
    18 to 23 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, 25 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • USS LST-671 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 September 1947, to Boston Metals Co., 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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    LST-1026 140k USS LST-467, USS LST-1026 and USS LST-671 beached somewhere in the Philippines, date unknown. Dave Cook for his father Richard C. Cook GM2 USS LST-1026
    LST-671 134k USS LST-671 beached in the Philippines in 1944. In the foreground at left is LT. Roy F. McCurdy, CO USS LST-671 Wick R. McCurdy in honor of his father Roy F. McCurdy CO USS LST-671
    USS LST-671
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Kauffman, Jack Emerson, USNR2 June 1944 - 2 September 1944
    02LTjg. McCurdy, Roy Francis, USNR2 September 1944 - 25 April 1946
    03LTjg. Flathers, Donald Francis, USNR25 April 1946 - 25 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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    Last Updated 23 August 2019