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USS LST-699


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Papa - Hotel
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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)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 9 March 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 9 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-699, 5 June 1944, LT. Shull Bonsall, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-699 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, 5 to 8 November 1944     		Consolidation and Capture of Southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
    Luzon operations
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945     		 

  • Following World War II USS LST-699 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    6 September 1945 to 14 April 19466 September 1945 to 14 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, 24 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.
  • USS LST-699 earned three battle stars for World War II service
    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-699 51k USS LST-699 beached at Blue Beach, Morotai, 17 May 1945, while loading a 7-ton trailer of 5 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.The trailer was destined for delivery at Sanga Sanga in the Tawi-Tawi Group, of the Southern Philippine Islands.
    Australian War Memorial photo # 092416.    		 Australian War Memorial
    LST-699 66k USS LST-699 beached at Blue Beach, Morotai, 17 May 1945, while troops of 5 Airfield Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force standby for embarkation to Sanga Sanga in the Tawi-Tawi Group, of the Southern Philippine Islands.
    Australian War Memorial photo # 092420.    		 Australian War Memorial
    LST-1029 137k From left to right:
    USS LST-699,
    USS LST-558,
    USS LST-467,
    USS LST-1026 and
    USS LCI(L)-971 beached at New Guinea in July 1945.    		 Dave Cook for his father Richard C. Cook GM2 USS LST-1026
    USS LST-699
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Bonsall, Shull, USNR5 June 1944 - 4 September 1945
    02LTjg. Collins, Lester B., USNR4 September 1945 - 24 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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