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USS LST-1049


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Alpha - Xray
 NAAX
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, 14 January 1945 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 24 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1049, 30 March 1945, LT. Sheldon Potter, III USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-1049 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Thirty-Three, CAPT. C. A. Legg USN (24);
    LST Group Ninety-Nine, CDR. W. W. Johnson USN;
    LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Seven
  • Following World War II USS LST-1049 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 21 December 1945 to 12 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, 18 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 February 1948
  • Final Disposition, sold, 1 July 1949, to Townsend Transportation Co., Bayonne, NJ, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    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
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    LST-1049 155k USS LST-1049 commissioning crew, at Camp Bradford, Norfolk VA. February 1945. T.J. Cerajewski for his uncle Gene Mazurkiewicz (deceased) USS LST-1049 and Delmer Olds USS LST-1049
    LST-1049 56k USS LST-1049 at anchor somewhere in the South Pacific, circa 1945. Photo by Quartermaster, Winston Towes USS LST-1049. T.J. Cerajewski for his uncle Gene Mazurkiewicz (deceased) USS LST-1049 and Delmer Olds USS LST-1049
    LST-1049 43k USS LST-1049 beached, date and location unknown. Michael Barth for his father William H. Barth Jr., RM3/c (deceased) USS LST-1049
    LST-1049 104k USS LST-1049 underway, looking loaded with vehicles and equipment, date and location unknown. Michael Barth for his father William H. Barth Jr., RM3/c (deceased) USS LST-1049
    LST-1049 93k USS LST-1049 beached, date and location unknown. Michael Barth for his father William H. Barth Jr., RM3/c (deceased) USS LST-1049
    LST-1049 78k USS LST-1049 beached with mooring lines out in case of heavy weather, date and location unknown. Michael Barth for his father William H. Barth Jr., RM3/c (deceased) USS LST-1049
    LST-1049
    1016104910    		 574k USS LST-1049 entering San Francisco Bay circa 1946 flying "Homeward Bound" pennant. Note the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
    Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum photo    		 Darryl Baker
    LST-1049 171k USS LST-1049 list of ports visited while William Barth was a crew member. Michael Barth for his father William H. Barth Jr., RM3/c (deceased) USS LST-1049
    LST-1049 240k Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal letter of congratulations to William H. Barth Jr. for service rendered to his country in time of war. Michael Barth for his father William H. Barth Jr., RM3/c (deceased) USS LST-1049
    USS LST-1049
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Potter III, Sheldon, USNR30 March 1945 - June 1945
    02LT. Heed, Walter R., USNRJune 1945 - 14 October 1945
    03LT. Burd Jr., John S., USNR14 October 1945 - 22 March 1946
    04LTjg. Kenaley, Donald Jeremiah, USNR22 March 1946 - 30 May 1946
    05ENS. Whipple, Parker C., USNR30 May 1946 - 18 July 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
    Crew Roster
    Quartermaster's Log
    Honor Roll The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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