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USS Cameron (APB-50)
ex
 USS LST-928 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Bravo - Bravo
 NKBB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 1 June 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham MA.
  • Launched, 5 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-928, 30 July 1944, LT. Clifford R. Stearns USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw USN (25);
     LST Group Eighteen, CDR. P. Neikum USNR Ret. (26);
     LST Division Thirty-Five and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945
  • Reclassified Self-propelled Barracks Ship, APB-50, named USS Cameron, 1 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 13 December 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 July 1959
  • USS LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Sold in 1959 to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., Portland, OR. for $131,000.00, for for non-transportation use on the Columbia River
  • Reduced to a barge, date unknown, named Kevalaska
  • Final Disposition, capsized and lost, 25 May 1975, near Seldovia and Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Kevalaska was being towed by the tug Daphne.
    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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    USS LST-928
    LST-928 130k USS LST-928 Newspaper article Ron Reeves
    USS Camerron (APB-50)
    LST-928
    1016092802    		 119k Oversize panoramic of USS Cameron (APB-50) (ex-USS LST-928) - collage including USS LST-928 war cruise map, and various ship images, 1945.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Accession #: UA 571 Catalog #: UA 571.55    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    USS LST-928
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Stearns, Clifford R., USNR,30 July 1944 - 13 December 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 Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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