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USS LST-124

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Hotel - Juliet
NQHJ

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

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During World War II USS LST-124 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. J. R. Clark, USN;
LST Group Fifteen, CDR. V.K. Busck, USN ;
LST Division Thirty and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 28 July 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17 May to 30 June 1945
Tinian capture and occupation, 24 to 28 July 1944

Final Disposition, sold to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA, 13 December 1947, and subsequently scrapped

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Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

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

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	35k	USS LST-124 beached at Noumea, New Caledonia, 15 December 1945. Note US flag at half mast in honor of deceased crewman Williams, buried at US National Cemetery, New Caledonia.		LST Home Port web site

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USS LST-124
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
	LT. Nunn, Arthur L., USNR (Ferry Command)	16 September 1943 - 24 September 1943
01	ENS. Bartos, William Alfred, USN	24 September 1943 - 18 May 1945
02	LT. Williams, Cyrus J., USNR	18 May 1945 - 2 October 1945
03	LTjg. Fleming, James T.,USNR	2 October 1945 - 26 July 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944
LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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