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USS LST-775


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Romeo - Delta
 NGRD
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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 22 April 1944, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 10 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-775, 15 July 1944, LT. Forrest J. Rowe USN in command
  • During World War II, USS LST-775 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operation
    Zambales Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945     		Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-775 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    3 to 26 October 1945
    18 November 1945 to 5 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 15 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LST-775 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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-775 113k USS LST-775 commissioning crew photo taken at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA., 15 June 1944. William R. Ziegler in honor of his father LTjg. Raiford M. Ziegler USS LST-775
    LST-775
    1016077503    		 50k USS LST-775 enlisted crew members and LTjg. Earl J Grant, USNR (center) serving on Shore Patrol, date and location unknown. Sandi Lee Craig, nee Grant
    LST-775 153k USS LST-775 entering San Francisco Bay, CA. in early 1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 79556.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    USS LST-775
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Rowe, Forrest James, USN15 July 1944 - 10 November 1945
    02LT. Young, George Rodney, USNR10 November 1945 - 31 January 1946
    03LTjg. Monson, Emery D., USNR31 January 1946 - 15 July 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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