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LST-68

USS LST-68 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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 7 September 1942, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 8 March 1943

Commissioned USS LST-68, 4 June 1943, with a Coast Guard crew

During World War II LST-68 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 landings, March 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a) Saidor occupation, January and February 1944
Hollandia operation, April 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Biak Island operation, June 1944
(b) Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944
(c) Cape Sansapor operation, August 1944
(d) Morotai landings, September 1944
Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte landings, October and November 1944
Luzon operations;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Visayan Island landings, March 1945

Decommissioned, 7 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 September 1947, to Southern Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA.

LST-68 earned eight 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	154k	*LST-68* beached, date and place unknown. US Coast Guard photo from USCG Historian's Office.		Don Leal USS LST-19 and USS LST 67

View the LST-68
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
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

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Last Updated 30 July 2004