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LST-22



USS LST-22 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
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 (6)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 5 November 1942, at Dravo Corp, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 29 March 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-22, 29 May 1943, LT. Lawerence N. Ditlefsen, USCG, in command
    Succeeding Commanding Officers
    LT. Willie A. Moore: ?
    LT. Howard N. Rogers, USCGR: ? - 19 October 1945
    LT. S. F. Rogers: 19 October 1945 - 5 March 1946
    LT. F. G. Markle: 5 March 1946 - 1 April 1946
  • During World War II LST-22 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, LST Flotilla 7, Group 21, Division 41, and participated in the following operations:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operations
    Saidor occupation, January and February 1944     		Western New Guinea operations
    Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944
    Biak Island operation, May and June
    Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944
    Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944
    Morotai landings, September 1944
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester; New Britain, December 1943, January and February 1944
    Admiralty Islands landings,     March and April 1944     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, October and November 1944
    Hollandia operation, April and May 1944 Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945

  • Decommissioned, 1 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Sold to Ming Sung Industrial Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, 3 February 1947 to be converted for merchant service, named M/V Wan Cheng
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LST-22 earned six 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
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    LST-26/LST-22 105k LST-22 unloading on the beach to port of LST-26 at Hollandia. (circa May 1944?). The LST in the far distance is unidentified.
    US Coast Guard photo # 2301, from USCG Historian's Office, photographer unknown.    		 Keith D Lumsden
    LST-22/LST-206 55k LST-22 and LST-206 in the surf at Leyte, as soldiers strip down and build sandbag piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations. 1 October 1944.
    US Coast Guard photo now in the collection of the US National Archives.NARA FILE #: 026-G-3738 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1210    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Commercial Service
    LST-26/LST-22 50k Ex-LST-22 in Chinese commercial service as M/V Wan Cheng, moored pierside, circa 1947, location unknown. Jean Lassaque
    View the LST-22
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS LST-22
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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