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USS Presque Isle (APB-44)
ex
 USS LST-678 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Lima - Kilo
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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 (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship / Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship:
  • Laid down, 29 April 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 16 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST 678, 30 June 1944
  • Redesignated USS Presque Isle (APB-44), 31 March 1945
  • During World War II USS LST-678 / Presque Isle (APB-44) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 22 February to 8 March     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 8 July

  • Following World War II USS Presque Isle (APB-44) performed occupation duty in Japan.
  • Presque Isle participated in Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, April 1946
  • Decommissioned, 18 April 1947
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1959
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LST-678 / Presque Isle (APB-44 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    LST Specifications:
    Displacement 2,189 t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 160
    Troop Capacity 990
    Armament
    two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty .50 and .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LST-678 39k USS LST-678 at anchor, starboard broadside view, circa February-March 1945. Note, LST-678 has been reconfigured as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship although her hull number has not yet been changed. Allen Pike, Courtesy Joseph LaGeorge USS APB-44
    APB-44 56k USS LST-678 at anchor off Iwo Jima, just off shore from Mount Suribatchi, circa February-March 1945. She has several minesweepers alongside. Note, LST-678 has been reconfigured as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship although she stilled carried her LST side number. Allen Pike, Courtesy Joseph LaGeorge USS APB-44
    USS Presque Isle (APB-44)
    APB-44 36k USS Presque Isle (APB-44) at anchor, port broadside view, date and location unknown. Allen Pike, Courtesy Joseph LaGeorge USS APB-44
    APB-44 36k USS Presque Isle (APB-44) at anchor, starboard stern quarter view, date and location unknown. Allen Pike, Courtesy Joseph LaGeorge USS APB-44
    APB-44 78k USS Presque Isle (APB-44) at anchor, looking forward from the bridge area, date and location unknown. Allen Pike, Courtesy Joseph LaGeorge USS APB-44
    APB-44 70k USS Presque Isle (APB-44) at anchor, location unknown, circa 1945-46. Note the quonset hut on deck. Ship of this class had six sets of Welin davits, as did many LSTs.
    US navy photo # NH 83814, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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