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USS Proton (AKS-28)
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 USS Proton (AG-147) (1949 - 1951)
 USS LST-1078 (1945 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Juliet - Quebec
 NAJQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 27 March 1945, at Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 25 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1078, 15 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 29 April 1948, at San Diego, CA.
  • During World War II USS LST-1078 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II USS LST-1078 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    18 October to 5 November 194518 January to 9 October 1947

  • Decommissioned and laid up, 29 April 1948 , in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Named Proton (AG-147) in January 1949
  • Recommissioned in February 1951, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., as USS Proton (AKS-28)
  • Decommissioned, 22 April 1958, at Naval Supply Center, Oakland, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1959
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    USS Proton (AG-147)
    Proton 215k USS Proton (AKS-28) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    USS Proton (AKS-28)
    Proton 53k USS Proton (AKS-28) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Proton 124k USS Proton (AKS-28) underway in San Francisco Bay after competing a Pacific deployment, December 1957. Note the "Homeward Bound pennant.
    Photo by ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Proton 154k USS Proton (AKS-28) moored pierside, circa 1955-56, location unknown. Mary A Wells for her father LTjg. Edward A. Lyon USS Proton
    USS Proton (AKS-28)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
     Decommissioned24 April 1948 - February 1951 
     LCDR. Henderson, P. E. 1953 - ?USS Proton (AKS-28)
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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