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LST-121 / LST(H)-121

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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 23 May 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 16 August 1943

Commissioned USS LST-121, 29 September 1943

During World War II LST-121 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Marshall Islands operation;
(a) Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 29 January to February 1944
Marianas operation;
(a) Capture and occupation of Saipan, 11 June to 23 July 1944
(b) Tinian capture and occupation, 24 July to 1 August 1944
Western Caroline Islands operation;
(a) Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
Iwo Jima operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 15 February to 16 March 1945

LST-121 was redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-121, 15 September 1945

LST(H)-121 performed occupation duty in the Far East until November 1945

Decommissioned, 21 March 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 14 April 1946, to Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, PA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

LST-121 earned four 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 Capacity 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
	42k	*LST-121*, aground in the Cooper River, near Charleston, SC. She had been driven aground by a sever storm. circa 1945-46. Photo by Leroy Roland		Jim Fine

There is no DANFS history available for LST-121 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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
West Loch Disaster, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 21 May 1944
Eyewitness Account of the West Loch Disaster

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Last Updated 12 March 2004