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LST-1070
AG-146 / AKS-27 Electron


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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
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (1) - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 February 1945, at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 9 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1070, 5 April 1945, LT. R. P. Seem in command
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Reclassified and redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary, (AG-146) an Electronics Parts Issue Ship, 27 January 1947
  • Named Electron, 1 February 1949
  • Recommissioned, USS Electron (AG-146), 6 October 1950
  • During the Korean War Electron participated in the following campaign;
  • Reclassified General Store Issues Ship (AKS-27), 18 August 1951
  • Decommissioned 16 November 1956
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold, December 1960, presumed scrapped
  • Electron earned one battle star for Korean War service
    LST 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)
    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)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 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
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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