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USS LST-782

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Xray - Echo
NGXE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive-Iwo Jima) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-782 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 11 June 1944 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 22 July 1944

Commissioned USS LST-782, 22 August 1944, LT. Henry C. Stack, USCGR, in command

During World War II USS LST-782 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-Five, CAPT. H.E. Richter USN (24);
LST Group Seventy-Five, CDR. G. W. Stringer USN (28);
LST Division One Hundred Fifty and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 25 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 15 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-782 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 15 November 1945

Decommissioned, 14 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LST-782 earned two 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	162k	USS LST-782 wardroom which has been quickly set up as an operating room while enroute to Iwo Jima in February 1945. Dr. V. G. Guenther, USPHS, (second from left) assisted by LTjg. A.S. Zdanis, (right) and USCG Pharmacists Mate Earl L. Wilcox performs an emergency appendectomy on Ensign Abraham Krutman. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 95064. Courtesy of the Naval Institute photo collection	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	63k	LSTs and other shipping in the transport area off Iwo Jima on the initial day of landings, 19 February 1945. The four closest LSTs are (left to right): USS LST-785, USS LST-782 (carrying LCT-1030), USS LST-764 and USS LST-795. Photographed from *USS Hansford* (APA-106)*. US Navy photo # 80-G-303902* from the collections of the US Naval History an Heritage Command	Tom Hughes for his father David C. Hughes USS LST-795
1016078207	116k	USS LST-782 in the transport area off Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945 with *LCT-1030* on deck. Frames from a short film called "Amphibious Invasion of Iwo Jima, H-Hour Minus One". Dept. of the Navy. National Archives ID 80201, Local ID 428-NPC-15841.	David Upton
	95k	USS LST-782 at anchor, date and location unknown. US Coast Guard photo # 886, from the collections of the US Coast Guard Historian's Office.	Mike Green
1016078206	54k	USS LST-782 approaching the landing beach at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. Coast Guard Heritage Museum, Di Rosario Collection.	Mike Green
	105k	USS LST-782 at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 73244	Mike Green
	249k	*LST-782* crew list.	Denver Corrick
	162k	*LST-782* travel log.	Denver Corrick

USS LST-782
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Stack, Henry C. USCGR	8 August 1944 - 14 May 1946


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