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LST-127

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 (5)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 30 June 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 31 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-127, 6 October 1943
  • During World War II LST-127 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, January and February 1944
    Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, February 1944     		Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
    Tinian Capture and occupation
    24 July to 1 August 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned, 11 March 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 June 1948, to Walter W. Johnson Co.
  • LST-127 earned five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    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)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 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
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    LST-127/681 32k LST-127 and LST-681 unloading across a pontoon bridge onto the beach at Lingayen Gulf during the landings in January 1945. .
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Crew Contact - Francis Hillibush
    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
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