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USS LST-157

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Golf - Quebec
NFGQ

USS LST-157 transferred to the Royal Navy in 1944 for the duration of World War II

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 25 June 1942, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 31 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-157, 10 February 1943, LT. Robert J. Siegelman USN in command

During World War II USS LST-157 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Sicilian occupation, 9 July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943

Decommissioned, 9 December 1944 and transferred to the United Kingdom

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-157
Modified for Far East service
Participated in the Invasion of Malaya, at Penarth, Pontoon Co. Penarth, early 1945
Transferred to US Naval custody at Subic Bay, P.I., 13 April 1946.

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LST-157 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines

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 6 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	Source
USS LST-157
	62k	*LST-157* on the building ways at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville IN, hanging the bow doors 1942 (This photograph may not be reproduced without permission of the Evansville Museum.)	With permission, from the collection of the Evansville Museum
	87k	Launching of *LST-157*, 31 October 1942, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville IN. The first LST launched at the yard.	Tommy Trampp
1016015705	110k	Photocopy of a single page from the Pictorial History of the Evansville Shipyard showing images of the building of the first LST built in Evansville's shipyard, *LST-157. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection*	Tommy Trampp
1016015706	36k	USS LST-157 commissioning ceremony, 31 October 1942, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. photos from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection	Tommy Trampp
1016015707	88k
1016015709	34k
1016015708	62k	USS LST-157 underway probably during acceptance trials, circa October 1942. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection	Tommy Trampp
	103k	USS LST-157 transporting the American Red Cross Clubmoblile, Group A to Normandy in July, 1944.	Fano Suarez in memory of Kathryn "Katy" Kirkpatrick Huehl, Group A, Clubmobile "Granite State"
HM LST-157
	83k	HM LST-157 beached with doors open and ramp down, date and location unknown. Imperial War Museum Ministry of Defense Foxhill Collection of Ship Photographs, Photo No. © IWM(FL 7222)	Mike Green

USS LST-157
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Siegelman, Robert Joe, USN	10 February 1943 - 9 December 1944


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
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State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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