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LST-67

USS LST-67 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 (9)
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, 7 September 1942, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 28 January 1943

Commissioned USS LST-67, 20 April 1943 with a Coast Guard crew

During World War II LST-67 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in:

Eastern New Guinea Operation;
(a) Finschhafen occupation, September 1943
(b) Saidor occupation, January 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943 and January 1944
Admiralty Islands landing, March 1944
Hollandia operation, April and May 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area, May 1944
(b) Biak Island area, May and 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 landing, 9 January 1945
Borneo Operations;
(a) Tarakan Island operation, April and May 1945
(b) Balikpapan area, June and July 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Visayan Island Landing, March 1945

Decommissioned, 28 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

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

LST-67 earned nine battle stars 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
67k	*LST-67* beached during the Bismarck Archipelago operation at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, circa late 1943. Marines pull a Jeep ashore from an LST that had to be unloaded before a causeway could be prepared. USMC Photo No. USMC-69003, from the US Coast Guard Historian's Office.	Don Leal USS LST 67 & USS LST 19
87k	*LST-67* and *LST-66* 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
50k	*LST-67* Oil on canvas - Ambulance Being Unloaded by James Turnbull, #22, 1944. "Churning through hub-deep waves, a tiny U.S. ambulance backs up to the open door of an LST hospital ship and surrenders its cargo of wounded men off Lingayen Gulf". Gift of Abbott Laboratories 88-159KW.	With the permission of Don Leal USS LST 67 & USS LST 19
50k	*LST-67* Oil on canvas - Mercy Breasts the Tide by James Turnbull, #14, 1944. "Ambulance unloading wounded onto the ramp of an LST. The men in the center foreground are attaching a net filled with supplies that have been brought to shore to the hook of a 'Cherry Picker,' an apparatus that is powered by a tractor. Once the load is picked up it can be moved wherever it is needed. Gouache, 1945 Gift of Abbott Laboratories 88-159-KO.	With the permission of 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

View the LST-67
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

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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