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LST-7

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Sierra - Victor
NFSV

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 17 July 1942, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 31 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-7, 2 March 1943

During World War II, LST-7 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations:

**Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Sicilian occupation, July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
Salerno landings, September 1943	.

Decommissioned, 21 May 1946;

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Final Disposition: sold for scrapping, 7 October 1947, to Lewis Green, Jr., of Charleston, S.C.

LST-7 earned three 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

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

Size	Image Description	Source
85k	*LST-7* officers, Portsmouth, England, date unknown.	Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7
312k	*LST-7* crew, Portsmouth, England, date unknown.	Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7
162k	*LST-7* underway at Plymouth, England, circa January 1944.	Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7
128k	*LST-7* high and dry on Omaha Beach, Normandy, shortly after D-Day, 6 June 1944.	Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7
181k	*LST-7* high and dry on Omaha Beach, Normandy, shortly after D-Day, 6 June 1944. Crew members John Applegate, left, and Richard Wells, right standing next to one of the ships screws.	Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7
222k	*LST-7* unloading railroad rolling stock at Cherbourg, France, date unknown.	Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7

View the LST-7
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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