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LST-129 / IX-198 Cohasset

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, 1 July 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.; Launched, 8 September 1943; Commissioned USS LST-129, 23 October 1943; During World War II, LST-129 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:

Marianas operation;
(a) Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944
(b) Capture and occupation of Tinian, July 1944
Western Caroline Islands operation;
Capture and Occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944

Redesignated and renamed Cohasset (IX-198), 5 December 1944; Decommissioned, 20 January 1945; Final Disposition, destroyed as naval target, 16 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946. Cohasset (IX-198) earned two battle stars for World War II service as LST-129.

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 12k.; Complement 8-10 Officers, 100-115 Enlisted; Troop Capacity, approx. 140 officers and enlisted; Boats, 2-6 LCVP; Armament; one single 3"/50 gun mount, 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.

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