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USS Lindenwald (LSD-6)
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 USNS Lindenwald (T-LSD-6) (1957 - 1960)
 USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) (1943 - 1957)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - November - Whiskey
 NZNW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Ashland Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Originally authorized as APM-6, a Mechanized Artillery Transport
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Dock LSD-6, 1 July 1941
  • Laid down, 22 February 1943, at Moore Drydock Co. Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 11 June 1943
  • Commissioned USS Lindenwald (LSD-6), 9 December 1943, CDR. William W. Weaver in command
  • During WWII USS Lindenwald was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 5 February 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 10 January 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 22 June 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 to 21 October 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned, 5 April 1947, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group
  • Converted for Arctic Service and recommissioned USS Lindenwald LSD-6(A), 18 February 1949
  • Decommissioned and transferred to operational control of the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 12 December 1957
  • Placed in service as USNS Lindenwald (T-LSD-6), 12 December 1957
  • Recommissioned, 1 July 1960
  • Decommissioned, 30 November 1967, at US Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1967
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 September 1968, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp.
  • USS Lindenwald received five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 April 1944)
    Displacement 4,032 (light draft), 7,930 (seagoing - loaded)
    Length 457' 9" o.a.
    Beam 72"
    Draft 8' 2 ½" fwd, 10' ½" aft (light draft); 15' 5 ½" fwd, 16' 2" aft (seagoing loaded)
    Speed 17 knots maximum (design speed)
    Endurance 8,000 miles @ 15 knots
    Crew Complement 17 officers, 237 men; Landing Craft: 6 officers, 30 men
    Troop Complement 22 officers, 218 men
    Well Deck Capacity (varies with mission)
    3 LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or
    2 LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or
    14 LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1, 500 long tons cargo or
    47 DUKW or
    41 LVT or
    Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity
    Armament
    1 - 5"/.38 caliber Dual Purpose single barrel mount in open tub (w/director)
    2 - 40MM quad barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts (w/directors)
    2 - 40MM twin barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts (w/directors)
    16- 20MM single barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts (local control)
    Aircraft (still in commission in late 40's or early 50's) were fitted/retro-fitted with a prefabricated steel grated "Portable Deck" suspended between the wing walls and supported by removable I-beam girders. The aft end of the portable deck contained a wooden helicopter platform, enabling the ship to land and launch 1 helicopter at a time. Stowage of helicopters was limited to capacity of the portable deck installed for the mission. Aircraft servicing was limited to re-fueling. With portable deck and aircraft platform installed, the Landing ship, dock was still capable of transporting, launching and repairing smaller amphibious craft and vehicles up to the size of a Landing craft, utility (LCU) in their well decks.
    Propulsion
    2 - Babcock and Wilcox Boilers, D Type, 2 Drum, Single Furnace, Single Uptake,
    Oil Fired
    2 - Skinner Uni-Flow reciprocating engines
    Twin screws, 7,400SHP
    Arctic Conversion SHIPALTS
    Enclosed Pilot House
    Moved Flying Bridge up one deck
    Enclosed 5"/38 Mount, Gun Director and Plotting Shack
    Peak Tank filled with cement
    Heating and Ventilation systems modified for cold weather operations
    One each 24" Westinghouse carbon-arc signal/search light added outboard on Signal Bridge port and starboard
    Enclosed water-tight bow lookout compartment
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    Lindenwald 74k USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) at anchor, date and location unknown. USS LSM /LSMR Association
    Lindenwald 115k USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Carl R. Friberg Jr.
    Lindenwald 99k USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) entering the harbor at Havana, Cuba, 27 January 1956. Walt Kuecks EN3 USS Lindenwald
    Lindenwald 99k USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) moored pierside at St. Thomas, Virgin Island, March 1964. Photo by Jay Jones EM3 USN USS Roberts (DE-749)
    Lindenwald 81k USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) underway, date and location unknown. Donald J. Wagner
    Austin 71k USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) and USS Austin (LPD-4) moored pierside, San Juan Puerto Rico, early 1967 Photo by Steve Connelly USS Austin
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    2008 Reunion Information
    Place: Cincinnati Area, OH
    Date: 18 to 21 September 2008
    Contact: Bill Breitzig
    Address: Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
    Email: USS Lindenwald 2008 Reunion
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The LSD's of the US Navy
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