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USS LST-1012

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Papa - Zulu
 NVPZ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
542-Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 4 March 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 8 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST 1012, 30 April 1944, LT. Marshall J. Flowers, Jr., USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-1012 was initially assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944
  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-1012 was under the command of:
    LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven, CAPT. Riley;
     LST Group One Hundred Nine, CDR. E. W. Wilson USNR;
     LST Division Two Hundred-Eighteen
  • Following World War II USS LST-1012 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    2 September 1945 to 10 June 19462 September 1945 to 10 June 1946

  • Decommissioned, 10 June 1946 and transferred to the State Department for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
  • USS LST-1012 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    LST-542 Class 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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    LST-906/1011/1012 66k USS LST 906 (foreground), USS LST-1011 (center) and USS LST-1012 (background) at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (HRPE), Naval Amphibious Base Norfolk, VA., 27 May 1944 The Library of Virginia
    US Army Signal Corps
    Photograph Collection
    LST-1012 122k USS LST 551 (left) and USS LST-1012 (right) beached on a ramp at Civitivecchia, Italy while loading RAF equipment in July 1944, bound for Corsica. Gordon Rae for his father Roy Rae RAF 111th Squadron, 324 Wing)
    LST-1012 89k
    LST-1012 126k USS LST-1012 beached on a ramp at Civitivecchia, Italy while loading RAF equipment in July 1944, bound for Corsica. Gordon Rae for his father Roy Rae RAF 111th Squadron, 324 Wing)
    LST-1012 101k USS LST-1012 preparing to off loading equipment at St. Tropez, France, 25 August 1944. To starboard of LST-1012 is the beached USS LST-210. Robert Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr.
    USS LST-1012
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Flowers Jr., Marshall J., USNR30 April 1944 - 1 January 1946
    02LTjg. Robinson, Glenn I., USNR1 January 1946 - March 1946
    03LTjg. Stone, George W., USNRMarch 1946 - 10 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
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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