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USS LST-935

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Romeo - Xray
NVRX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Personnel Awards

Bronze Star (2-LTjg. Garnett J Thomas)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 3 July 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.

Launched, 5 August 1944

Commissioned USS LST-935, 29 August 1944, LTjg. Bruce B. Wells USN in command

During World War II USS LST-935 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Palawan Island landings, 1 to 2 March 1945 Visayan Islands landings, 18 March and 28 March to 1 April 1945 Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 9 July 1945

Following World War II USS LST-935 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
15 September to 30 November 1945
15 December 1945 to 19 April 1946	15 December 1945 to 19 April 1946

Decommissioned, 2 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scraping, 29 August 1947, to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA.

USS LST-935 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
105k	USS LST-935 launching, 5 August 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
105k	USS LST-935 launching, 5 August 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
68k	USS LST-935 launching, 5 August 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
104k	USS LST-935 launching, 5 August 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
64k	USS LST-935 launching, 5 August 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
61k	USS LST-935 beached at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, date unknown.	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
51k	USS LST-935 under way in the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, 6 January 1946. In the background is *USS Blue Ridge* (AGC-2)**	William J. Black for is father-in-law LT. Garnett Jett Thomas USS LST-935
308k	USS LST-935 is in the distance of this photo of *USS Napa* (APA-157)** moored to a buoy in the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 24 January 1946. Also present is USS LST-866 in the distance aft of *Napa*'s stern.	Stephen C. Hopkins for his father LTjg. Jonathan H. Hopkins USS Napa
152k	USS LST-935 underway in San Francisco Bay, circa early 1946. Note Homeward Bound Pennant flying from her mast. US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 79587, courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974.	Robert Hurst

USS LST-935
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Wells, Bruce Brown, USN	29 August 1944 - 17 February 1946
02	LTjg. Thomas, Garnett Jett, USNR	17 February 1946 - June 1946
03	LTjg. Shamburger Jr., Victor March, USNR	June 1946 - 2 July 1946


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Ship's Photo Album and Documents
The USS LST Ship Memorial
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State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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