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LST-66

During World War II USS LST-66 was manned by the US Coast Guard

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (9) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 14 August 1942, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 16 January 1943

Commissioned USS LST-66, 12 April 1943, Lt. Howard E. White, USCG, in command

During World War II LST-66 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:

Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943, January and February 1944
Admiralty Islands landing, February, March and April 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a) Saidor occupation, January and February 1944
Hollandia operation, April and May 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation, June 1944
(c) Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944
(d) Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944
(e) Morotai landings, September 1944
Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte landings, October and November 1944
Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, March 1945
Borneo Operation;
(a) Balikpapan operation, July 1945

Decommissioned, 26 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 April 1948, to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA.

LST-66 earned nine battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,780 t.(lt), 3,880 t.(fl)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 8-10 Officers, 100-115 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations approx. 140 officers and enlisted
Boats 2-6 LCVP
Armament five 40mm gun mounts, six 20mm gun mounts, two .50-cal machine guns, four .30-cal machine guns
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Source
104k	*LST-66* disembarks troops during the invasion of Cape Gloucester, circa December 1943-February 1944. US Coast Guard photo # 3406 from the collections of the US Coast Guard's Historians Office.	Mike Green
104k	*LST-66* disembarking troops near Hollandia, circa April-May 1944. US Coast Guard photo # 2184 from the collections of the US Coast Guard's Historians Office.	Mike Green
87k	*LST-66, far right and LST-67* disembark M4 Sherman tanks and other vehicles during the Western New Guinea operation, Invasion of Noemfoor Island in July 1944. US Coast Guard photo No. 2642 from the US Coast Guard Historian's Office.	Don Leal USS LST 67 & USS LST 19
79k	From left to right *LST-67, LST-66, LST-18, LST-245, and LST-202* landing troops and material, on the beach at Leyte, P.I., D-Day 20 October 1944. from the US Coast Guard Magazine "The Coast Guard and the Pacific War".	Don Leal USS LST 67 & USS LST 19
17k	*LST-66* on the beach during the invasion of Leyte	Peter M. Chase Phm 2/c USCGR USS LST-66
19k	*LST-66* on the beach at Leyte loading battle casualties	Peter M. Chase Phm 2/c USCGR USS LST-66
19k	*LST-66* approaching the beach during the invasion of Zamboanga	Peter M. Chase Phm 2/c USCGR USS LST-66
43k	Water color of *LST-66* beached artist, place and date unknown.	Peter M. Chase Phm 2/c USCGR USS LST-66
88k	*LST-66* at anchor in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 82165-A from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of J.A. Casoly.	Mike Green

View the LST-66
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

LST-66 Stories

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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