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USS LST-982

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Lima - Kilo
NKLK

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 - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 22 December 1943, at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Launched, 10 February 1944

Commissioned USS LST-982, 19 March 1944, LTjg. William A. Breen, Jr., USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-982 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
and participated in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May and 30 May to 7 June 1945

While Assigned the the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-981 came under the command of:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Six, CAPT. D. F. J. Shea USN (23);
LST Group One Hundred Eight, LCDR. W. R. Peeler USN (34);
LST Division Two Hundred Sixteen

Following World War II USS LST-982 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
September to 20 October1945	9 March to 20 April 1946

Decommissioned, 25 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines, fate unknown

USS LST-982 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	143k	USS LST-982 high and dry on Omaha Beach in November 1944. Photo by Ceylon Dearborn EM1/c USS LST-982	Reg Dearborn for his father Ceylon Dearborn EM1/c USS LST-982
	129k	USS LST-982 beached with bow ramp down, date and location unknown. Crew members include; Corso (MoMM3/c ?), Reardon (EM1/c), Adams (SCT2/c), Chasen (GM2/c), MacDaniles (EM2/c). Photo by Ceylon Dearborn EM1/c USS LST-982	Reg Dearborn for his father Ceylon Dearborn EM/1c USS LST-982
	143k	USS LST-982 Electrical Shop, Reardon EM1/c, 1944. Photo by Ceylon Dearborn EM1/c USS LST-982	Reg Dearborn for his father Ceylon Dearborn EM1/c USS LST-982
	236k	USS LST-982 beached, date and location unknown. Sailors standing in front of the ship are at left, Nick Di Paolo BM2/c, middle Danny Friscino and unknown sailor.	Robert Di Paolo for his father Nick Di Paolo BM2/c USS LST-982
	271k	USS LST-982 crew members standing on the tank deck. Left to right, Antonio 'Tony' Marrero MM2/c, Nick Di Paolo BM2/c and name unknown.	Robert Di Paolo for his father Nick Di Paolo BM2/c USS LST-982
1016098206	309k	Personnel of the US Army Air Corps *805th Engineer Aviation Battalion* unload equipment from the USS LST-982 for the construction of an airfield on Saipan, Marianas Islands, date unknown. U.S. National Archives Identifier 193831547, U.S. Army Air Corps photo # 76450AC	David Upton

USS LST-982
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Breen Jr., William A., USNR	19 March 1944 - September 1945
02	LT. Hutsell,Fred O., USNR	September 1945 - December 1945
03	LT. Hays, Wayne T., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
04	LTjg. McLeod, William W., USNR	March 1946 - 25 April 1946


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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
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State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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