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USS LST-747


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Echo - Victor
 NGEV
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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 2 April 1944, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 20 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-747, 15 June 1944, LT. Donald F. White USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-747 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 11 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 30 June 1945

  • Following service in the Southwest Pacific Area USS LST-747 was assigned to:
    LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw;
     LST Group Sixteen, LCDR. J. T. Brugger USNR;
     LST Division Thirty-Two
  • Following World War II USS LST-747 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    9 September to 12 December 1945
    24 December 1945 to 24 January 1946

  • Decommissioned, 20 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 May 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.
  • USS LST-747 earned two 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-747 84k USS LST-747 beached, date and location unknown. Photo from the ship's 1945 or 1946 Christmas Card. Jeff Jakubowski for his grandfather Zbigniew L Jakubowski, USS LST-747
    LST-747 93k Right to left; USS LST-747, USS LST-627 and USS LST-660 beached, at Okinawa, probably after the island was secured, circa 1945-46. Jerry Lem Lem for his father Chung Wong Lem USS LST-747
    LST-747 70k USS LST-747 main deck looking aft from the foc'le, date and location unknown. Jerry Lem Lem for his father Chung Wong Lem USS LST-747
    LST-747
    1016074704    		 243k Iheya Landing - Landing craft loaded with the Eighth Marine Regimental Combat Team, stand offshore as an aerial bombardment paves the way for a landing on Iheya, a small island 25 miles northwest of the northern tip of Okinawa. The unopposed thrust was effected 3 June 1945. The Marines were transported to Iheya by Navy LSTs including USS LST-747, USS LST-724 and USS LST-930.
    US National Archives ID # 74252365 a US Marine Corps photo now in the collection of the US National Archives    		 David Upton
    USS LST-747
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. White, Donald F., USNR 15 June 1944 - November 1945
    02LTjg. Marble, Frederic W., USNR November 1945 - 20 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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