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USS LST-119

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Delta - Lima
NPDL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 12 May 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, IN

Launched, 28 July 1943

Commissioned USS LST-119, 1 September 1943, LT. Willie L. Jones, USN, in command (Ferry Command)

During World War II LST-119 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific:
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. J.R. Clark;
LST Group Fourteen, LCDR. K.L. DeForest USNR;
LST Division Twenty-Eight and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January 8 February 1944	Marianas operations Capture and occupation of Saipan, 17 June to 3 July 1944

Decommissioned, 13 May 1948, at Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Sold to Beattie Oil Transport Co., New Orleans LA.and converted to a barge

USS LST-119 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1016004002 - B63570A.C.	212k	USS LST-119 and USS LST-40 loading the equipment of the US Army Air Corps *804th Engineering Aviation Battalion* at Pearl Harbor, T.H., 21 May 1944, for transport to Saipan, Marianas Islands. US Army Air Corps photos #'s B63570A.C., A63570A.C. and US National Archives Identifier 1938345104 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	1016004002 - Jason Post 1016011905 - David Upton 1016011906 - David Upton
1016011905 - A63570A.C.	291k
1016011906 NA Identifier 193835104	265k
1016027402	264k	USS LST-119, with USS LST-274 with *LCT-982* loaded on her main deck, to port while at anchor in Kwajalein Harbor, Marshall Islands, 8 June 1944. Both LSTs are enroute to Saipan, Marianas Islands Ref. LST-274 and LST-119 War Diaries, National Archives. US National Archives Identifier 204980917, Local Identifier 342-FH-3A41903-63648AC, US Army Air Corps photo A63648A now in the collections of the US National Archives	David Upton
1016011904	278k	View forward and starboard from an unidentified LST of USS LST-119 during landing operations, on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 20 June 1944. US National Archives Identifier 193831529, US Army Air Corps photo # 63664A.C. now in the collections of the US National Archives.	David Upton
	39k	USS LST-119 in October 1945 at Santa Barbara, CA., during filming of the movie "Gallant Bess"	Bill Hynes LST 119 Web Site
	68k	USS LST-119 during pontoon causeway experiments at Grizzly Bay, CA., March 1945.	Bill Hynes LST 119 Web Site
	91k	USS LSM-436 (left), USS LCI(L)-743 (right) and USS LST-119 (end of pier being held in position by two LCVPs) during pontoon causeway experiments at Grizzly Bay, near Benecia, CA. in March 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	102k	USS LST-119 crew photo, January 1946	Bill Hynes LST-119 Web Site

USS LST-119
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
	LT. Jones, Willie Lee, USN (Ferry Command)	1 September 1943 - 8 September 1943
01	LT. Dewar, Robert D., USNR	8 September 1943 - 19 July 1945
02	LT. Miller, Gordon W., USNR	19 July 1945 - 1945
03	LTjg. Brown, R. M., USNR	1945 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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United States LST Association

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