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USS LST-984

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Romeo - Romeo
NVRR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
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, 3 January 1944, at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Launched, 25 February 1944

Commissioned USS LST-984, 1 April 1944, ENS. Earl R. Baker, USN in command

During World War II USS LST-984 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven, CAPT. Riley;
LST Group One Hundred Ten, LCDR. C. Alexander;
LST Division Two Hundred-Nineteen

Following World War II USS LST-984 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
9 September to 25 October 1945
19 November to 16 December 1945
11 February to 13 March 1946

Decommissioned, 25 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 19 June 1948, to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, TX., for operation, fate unknown

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
53k	USS LST-984 under way, date and location unknown.	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467 and USS LSM-49, from the Gordon D. Dorian, RM2/c, USS LSM-377 collection
57k	USS LST-984 crew members on the aft superstructure.	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467 and USS LSM-49, from the Gordon D. Dorian, RM2/c, USS LSM-377 collection
60k	USS LST-984 crew members on the aft superstructure.	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467 and USS LSM-49, from the Gordon D. Dorian, RM2/c, USS LSM-377 collection
87k	USS LST-984 under way, arriving or departing a port, possibly in the Philippines, date unknown.	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467 and USS LSM-49, from the Gordon D. Dorian, RM2/c, USS LSM-377 collection
149k	USS LST-984 under way in San Francisco Bay in 1946, with *LCT(6)-1379* loaded on her main deck. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 79866. Courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974.	Mike Green

USS LST-984
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Baker, Earl Ross, USN	1 April 1944 - December 1945
02	LT. Shrader, Robert I., USNR (temporary)	December 1945 - January 1946
03	LT. Baker, Earl Ross, USN	January 1946 - 25 June 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
Double Launching Program for LST-984 & LST-985 at Boston Navy Yard
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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