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USS LST(H)-118
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USS LST-118 (1943 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Charlie - Golf
NHCG

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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 21 April 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 21 July 1943

Commissioned USS LST-118, 6 September 1943, LT. Clarence W. Lundberg, USN, in command

During World War II USS LST-118 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Five CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN;
LST Group Fifteen CDR. V. K. Busck, USN; and
LST Division Seventy-Nine and
LST Flotilla Three CDR. A. A. Ageton USN (23);
LST Group Eight;
LST Division Fifteen and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns:
Hollandia operation, 21 to 27 April 1844	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 28 July 1944

USS LST-118 was redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-118, 15 September 1945

Following World War II USS LST(H)-118 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
23 to 29 September 1945
28 October 1945 to 8 February 1946

Occupation service in the Far East for USS LST(H)-118 included occupation service landings in the Wakayama area, Japan, (K plus 2), 27 September 1945 and at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, (A plus 40), 2 November 1945

Decommissioned, 8 February 1946 and transferred to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q048

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 September 1947

USS LST-118 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 April 1948, to Dulien Steel Products, Inc., Seattle, WA.

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

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)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders