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USS LST-1052


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Bravo - Sierra> NABS
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, 29 January 1945, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 6 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1052, 15 April 1945, LT. Francis W. Swem USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-1052 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Thirty-Four, CAPT. C. A. H. H. Tiemroth;
     LST Group One Hundred;
     LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Nine
  • Following World War II USS LST-1052 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    1 to 26 October 1945
    12 November to 15 December 1945
    11 January to 2 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 11 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 September 1947, to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA.
    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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    By
    LST-1052 192k Launching of LST-1052, 6 March 1945, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. David Way, Curator / Historian Battleship Iowa BB 61 Pacific Battleship Center,
    donated by Kathryn Curtis for her father COX Leland Arthur Kulzer LST-1052
    LST-1052 155k USS LST-1052 underway, date and location unknown. David Way, Curator / Historian Battleship Iowa BB 61 Pacific Battleship Center,
    donated by Kathryn Curtis for her father COX Leland Arthur Kulzer LST-1052
    LST-1052 534k USS LST-1052 LCVP-1 with COX Leland A. Kulzer on board David Way, Curator / Historian Battleship Iowa BB 61 Pacific Battleship Center,
    donated by Kathryn Curtis for her father COX Leland Arthur Kulzer LST-1052
    LST-1052
    1016105204    		 481k USS LST-1052 underway in San Francisco Bay circa 1946. Marin County in the background to the far left. Note: "Homeward Bound" pennant and LCT(6)-989 loaded as deck cargo.
    Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum photo    		 Darryl Baker
    USS LST-1052
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Swem, Francis W.,USNR15 April 1945 - December 1945
    02LTjg. Gilbert, Raymond R., USNRDecember 1945 - May 1946
    03LTjg. Anstine, Dale E., USNRMay 1946 - 11 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
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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