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LST-170

USS LST-170 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

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 (7)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 9 October 1942, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 27 February 1943

Commissioned USS LST-170, 31 May 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, Lt. T.N. Kelly, USCGR, in command

During World War II, LST-170 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943
(b) Admiralty Islands landings, March 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a) Saidor Occupation, January and February 1944
Hollandia Operation, April and May 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation, May and June 1944
(c) Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944
(d) Morotai Landing, September 1944
Leyte operations;
(a) Leyte landings, October and November 1944
Luzon operations;
(a) Mindoro Landings, December 1944
(b) Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, April 1945

Decommissioned, 6 April 1946;

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 November 1947, to Biloxi Boatwrecking Co., Biloxi, MS.

LST-170 earned seven 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 Accommodations 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

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	85k	*LST-741, LST-1017, LST-170, LST-460, LST-613, LST-1018, LST-695, LST-628, LST-697, beached on D+2, 22 October 1944, while unloading at Tacloban, San Pedro Bay, Leyte, P.I. Photo was taken from the deck of LST-666*		Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
	97k	From left to right *LST-245, LST-170* and *LST-168* beached at Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands after the city had been secured. US Coast Guard photo # 4334 from the collections of the US Coast Guard Historian's Office.		Mike Green

View the LST-170
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

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
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

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Last Updated 28 January 2005