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USS LST-1000

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Quebec - Xray
NVQX

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

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During World War II USS LST-1000 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater departing New York City to Avonmouth, UK, 25 July 1944 as part of convoy HXM 30, to resupply troops in Normandy and Mont St. Michel. The ship returned to Norfolk, VA. 23 October, 1944 and departed New York City, 29 November 1944 en route to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater were she joined:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Five, CAPT. D. H. Johnston USN (22);
LST Group One Hundred Four, CDR. D. Stubbs USN (25);
LST Division Two Hundred Eight and participated in the following campaign;

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 to 28 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-1000 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
12 September to 23 October 1945
21 November 1945 to 14 April 1946	21 November 1945 to 14 April 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 13 June 1948 to Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
101422001	9560k	LCT's unloading at Yellow Beach, Okinawa, 13 April 1945. From left to right; LCT-1415, LCT-1175, LCT-1265 and LCT-1049. With USS LSM-220, USS LST-1000 and LCT-418 standing off the beach and in the middle distance in the center USS LSM-84 and USS SC-1281 are just visible. US National Archives Identifier 205586456 Local ID 26-G-4426, US Coast Guard photo # 4426.		David Upton
	58k	USS LST-1000 in the background off loading supplies as Marines move out away from the landing area, circa April 30, 1945, near Motobu, Okinawa. Photo from "A Photographic History of World War 2", Colliers, 1946		Dan Wilmes
	58k	USS LST-1000 moored in the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, 7 January 1946		Joe Scannell USS LST-998
	30k	USS Carondelet (IX-136) refueling USS LST-1000, Subic Bay, 1945.		Bob Cornmesser USS Carondelet
1016100003	124k	USS LST-1000 at anchor in San Francisco Bay after returning from duty in the Far East, circa 1946. Note Oakland San Francisco Bay Bridge in the background to the far left of photo. Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. Reference NHHC photo 84723		Darryl Baker

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USS LST-1000
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Hertrais, Wesson S., USNR	14 June 1944 - September 1944
02	LTjg. Wilson, Charles E. S., USNR	September 1944 - 18 August 1945
03	LT. Bickerstaff, Frank C., LT USNR	18 August 1945 - 9 November 1945
04	LTjg. Morton, David H., LTJG USNR	9 November 1945 - 4 June 1946
05	LTjg. Vienneau, Edmond B., LTJG USNR	4 June 1946 - 22 July 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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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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