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USS LST-1044

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Alpha - November
NAAN

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

USS LST-1044 was sold to Argentina and renamed ARA Cabo San Pio (BDT-10)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 25 November 1944, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 3 February 1945

Commissioned USS LST-1044, 2 March 1945, LT. Frank P. Eldredge USNR in command

During World War II USS LST-1044 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater;
LST Flotilla Thirty-Three, CAPT. C. A. Legg USN (24);
LST Group Ninety-Seven, CDR. H. B. McLean;
LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Four

Following World War II USS LST-1044 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
11 October 1945 to 14 April 1946	11 October 1945 to 14 April 1946

Decommissioned, 28 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946

Sold, 8 January 1948, to Pablo N. Ferrari & Co.

Resold to the government of Argentina, 28 June1948, as BDT-10

Assigned to the Argentine Naval Transport Service in 1953 at the Rio Santiago Naval Base

Disarmed, 24 February 1959, named Cabo San Pio (BDT-120)

Transferred to Naval Prefecture Argentina in 1963 for use as a training ship with the National Nautical School

Transfer suspended and returned to Naval Transport Service

Struck from the Argentine Naval Register, 30 December 1980

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1980 to Alberto Yanuzzi

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

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
USS LST-1044
	138k	USS LST-1044 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Ken Howard USS LST-1044 1944-46
	139k	USS LST-1044 moored at Shanghai, date unknown.	Ken Howard USS LST-1044 1944-46
1016104405	629k	USS LST-1044 at anchor in a nest of three LSTs after the end of WWII, date and location, unknown.	Darryl Baker
ARA San Pio (BDT-10)
	22k	Ex-USS LST-1044 in Argentine naval service as *ARA Cabo San Pio* (BDT-10)** moored pierside with a deck cargo of M4 Sherman tanks, date and location unknown. Official Argentine Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	58k	*ARA Cabo San Pio* (BDT-10)** underway, date and location unknown. Official Argentine Navy photo.	Robert Hurst

USS LST-1044
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Eldredge, Frank P., USNR	2 March 1945 - 21 December 1945
02	LTjg. Ling, Kenneth. C., USNR	21 December 1945 - 1946
03	LTjg. Zent, Paul H., USNR	1946 - 28 June 1946


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