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USNS T-LST-1072
ex
 USS LST-1072 (1945 - 1955)


/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - India - Romeo
 NAIR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

USNS T-LST-1072 was transferred to the Philippine Navy, named BRP Tawi Tawi (LT-512)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 16 February 1945, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 20 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1072, 12 April 1945, LT. Carlyle E. Trabant USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-1072 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-1072 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 6 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 24 May 1946, laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Swan Island, Portland, OR.
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 2 April 1951
  • Placed in service as USNS T-LST-1072
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 June 1975
  • Transferred under the Security Assistance Program to the Philippines, 13 September 1976
  • Commissioned into the Republic of the Philippines navy as BRP Tawi Tawi (LT-512)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, date unknown
    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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed
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    USS LST-875
    LST-1072
    1016107203    		 522k USS LST-1072 underway near Hingham, MA. during trials, circa March-April 1945.
    U.S. Photographs of Military Ships by the Bureau of Ships, 1914-1946, Microfilm photo    		 David Upton
    LST-1072
    1016107204    		 480k
    LST-1072
    1016107205    		 516k
    LST-1072
    1016107206    		 409k
    LST-1019
    1018122101    		 178k LCT(6)-1221 being lifted and set down on the decommissioned LST-1072, by the 250 ton derrick barge Cairo, 6 August 1946, Swan Island, Portland, OR. One of twenty-two pairings of LCTs and LSTs for storage there.
    Photo from the "Oregonian" (Portland Oregon) newspaper, Wed. Aug. 7, 1946 page 24.    		 David Upton
    USNS T-LST-875
    LST-1072
    1016107207    		 300k USNS LST-1072 beached probably in the Philippines, circa 1951.
    Photo by LT. James W. Merchant, U.S Army Chaplain taken from USAT General Stuart Heintzelman    		 Wes Merchant
    LST-1072 170k USNS T-LST-1072 moored pierside, circa 1950s, probably in the Philippines with a deck cargo of small craft and pier bumpers.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH-84884, courtesy of William H. Davis, 1976.    		 Robert Hurst
    BRP Tawi Tawi (LT-512)
    LST-1072 144k Ex-USS LST-1072 in Philippines service as BRP Tawi Tawi (LT-512) at Cavite, Philippine Islands in June 1991. Edison Sy
    USS LST-1072
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Trabant, Carlyle Earl, USNR9 April 1945 - 15 September 1945
    02LT. Smith, Donald B., USNR15 September 1945 - 16 December 1945
    03LTjg. Wilder Jr., Hubert Boone, USNR26 December 1945 - 18 March 1946
    04LTjg. Logan, Oba Lee, USN18 March 1946 - 24 May 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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