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USS LST-170

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Juliet - Juliet
NPJJ

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 - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

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

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, LCDR. Thomas N. Kelly USCGR, in command

During World War II, USS LST-170 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Seven
LST Group Twenty-One
LST Division Forty-Two and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Bismarck Archipelago operation Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 28 December 1943 Admiralty Islands landings, 14 to 18 March 1944	Leyte operations Leyte landings, 16 to 29 October, 5 to 21 November 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation Saidor Occupation, 2 to 3, 6 to 9, 19 to 22 January, 4 to 7 February 1944	Luzon operations Mindoro Landings, 12 to 18 December 1944 Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 17 January 1945
Hollandia Operation, 22 to 26 April, 1 to 7, 9 to 15 May 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
Western New Guinea operations Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 17 to 18, 23 to 25 May 1944 Biak Island operation, 28 to 31 May, 3 to 7, 9 to 14 June 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 2, 4 to 10, 12 to 18, 20 to 26 August 1944 Morotai Landing, 15 September 1944

Decommissioned, 6 April 1946;

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946

USS LST-170 earned seven battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 November 1947, to Biloxi Boatwrecking Co., Biloxi, MS.

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	1486k	USS LST-170 with other LSTs landing men and materials on Red Beach, Cape Opmarai, Dutch New Guinea, 30 July 1944. US Army Signal Corps photo # III SC 261025, by PFC Wilbur Goen, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
	510k	USS LST-170 probably landing men and materials on Red Beach, at Mar, Cape Opmarai, Dutch New Guinea, 30 July 1944.	Aimee Strickland
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1016017005	246k	USS LST-170 unloading aircraft and other supplies during the Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 2, and 4 to 10 August 1944. She is at Red Beach, which was at Mar. This photo was probably taken some time after the area was secure.	Personal collection of Jeffrey Baird
	97k	From left to right USS LST-245, USS LST-170 and USS 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

USS LST-170
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Kelly, Thomas N., USCGR	31 May 1943 - ?
02	LCDR. Gardner, Donald W., USCGR	? - 11 October 1944
03	LT. Dines Jr., Tyson, USCGR	11 October 1944 - 29 October 1944
04	LTjg. Hammer, Williard M., USCGR	29 October 1944 - 23 February 1945
05	LTjg. Colvig, Byingtom F., USCGR	23 February 1945 - 6 April 1946

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
History of LST Flotilla Seven
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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