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USS LST-25

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Zulu - Quebec
NYZQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-25 was initially manned by a US Coast Guard crew

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 12 October 1942, at Dravo Corp., Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 9 March 1943

Commissioned USS LST-25, 3 May 1943, LT. J. B. Holmes, USCG, in command

Turned over to a US Navy crew at Bizerte, Tunisia, 23 August 1943

During World War II USS LST-25 was to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters participating in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	India-Burma, circa late 1943-early 1944
.	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 1945

Following World War II USS LST-25 performed occupation Service, in the Far East,during September and October 1945, and March 1946 including China Service, during October 1945, and March 1946

Decommissioned, 2 August 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 March 1948, to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA.

USS LST-25 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
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

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DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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