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USS LST-834


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Romeo - Quebec
 NHRQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 2 September 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 20 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-834, 10 November 1944, LT. Robert J. Bentley, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-834 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Twenty-Three CAPT. W. W. Weeden Jr., USN;
     LST Group Sixty-Seven, CDR V. A. King USN;
     LST Division One Hundred Thirty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 10 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-834 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    2 September 1945 to 2 April 1946 3 April to 1 June 1946

  • Decommissioned, 13 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 December 1947, to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • USS LST-834 earned one battle star 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-834
    1016083402    		 96k LST-834 in Berth #10 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA., progress photo, dated 5 October 1944, looking aft.
    American Bridge Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection    		 Tommy Trampp
    LST-834 85k USS LST-834 with LCT-1415 arrives at the Okinawa Beachhead, 1 April 1945 along with other ships of the invasion task force. Note USS LST-759 with a "Rhino" bridge causeway fitted to her port side in the distance.
    Real War Photos    		 Gerd Metthes
    USS LST-834
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Bentley, Robert J., USNR14 November 1944 - 16 January 1946
    02LTjg. Latz, Charles R., USNR16 January 1946 - 2 July 1946
    03LT. Green, Kelly, USN2 July 1946 - 13 September 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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