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USS LST-1

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Papa
NDNP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 20 July 1942, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 7 September 1942

Commissioned USS LST-1, 14 December 1942

During World War II USS LST-1 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**European-Africa-Middle East Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Sicilian occupation, July 1943	West Coast of Italy operations-1944 Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, January to March 1944
Salerno landings, September 1943	Invasion of Normandy, June 1944

Decommissioned. 21 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947, to Ships Power and Equipment Co., Barber, N.J.

USS LST-1 earned four battle stars for World War II service

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

(2-boat davits) 7 officers, 104 enlisted

(6-boat davits) 9 officers, 120 enlisted
Troop Accommodations

(2-boat davits) 16 officers, 147 enlisted

(6-boat davits) 14 officers, 131 enlisted
Boats 2 or 6 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

Lend Lease built vessels were to be outfitted with armament after convoying across Atlantic and included

1 - 12 Pounder anti-aircraft multi-barrel mount

6 - 20MM mounts

4 - Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) mounts
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Source
85k	USS LST-1 probably taken in the Pittsburgh, PA., area soon after the ship was completed, circa December 1942. Courtesy of William H. Davis. US Navy photo # NH 91610, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
117k	USS LST-1, underway soon after completion, circa December 1942. Photo was probably taken in vicinity of Pittsburgh, PA. Donation of Captain Oscar C.B. Wev, USCG (Retired), 1988. US Navy photo # NH 97857, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
96k	USS LST-1, landing US Army troops on an Italian beach, via a causeway. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-175, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
70k	USS LST-1, landing US Army trucks and field guns on an Italian beach, via a causeway. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-174, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
67k	USS LST-1, landing US Army vehicles on an Italian beach. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-235, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
88k	US Army Engineers haul a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, at Salerno, circa September 1943. USS LST-1 is in the center background. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-276, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
86k	*LCT-222* lands a US Army jeep on an Italian beach. USS LST-1 is in the background. This view may have been taken during the Salerno landings, circa September 1943. US Army Signal Corps # USA C-176, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
88k	USS LST-1 (right) and USS LST-292 "high and dry" on the beach as Saint-Michel-en-Greves, on the north shore of the Brittany Peninsula, during supply operations in support of the campaign against German forces at Brest, France, in September 1944. Taken by a SHAFE photographer. US National Archives photo # 80-G-247120, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center

View the USS LST-1
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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