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USS LST-241


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Sierra - Alpha
 NGSA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 8 March 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 29 June 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-241, 31 July 1943, Lt. James A. Shaw, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LST-241 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. J. R. Clark USN / CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN;
     LST Group Fifteen, CDR. V. K. Busck, USN; and
     LST Group Thirteen, CDR. R.W. Cutler, USNR
     LST Division Twenty-Five and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Gilbert Islands operation
    Tarawa, 28 November to 8 December 1943     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 21 February 1945
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 2 to 8 February 1944     		Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 28 July 1944
    Hollandia operation
    21 to 27 April 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 9 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-241 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 23 September to 17 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 7 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • USS LST-241 earned six battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 September 1947, to Southern Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA.
    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
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    LST-241 103k USS LST-241 beached, at Roi-Namur after the initial landing. The crew looks on as a bulldozer creates a ramp so that the ship can unload her troops and equipment.
    US Navy photo # USN 401076 dated 3-44    		 William F. (Bill) Osborne, RMN2 USNR Ret USS LST-241
    LST-241
    1016024102    		 239k USS LST-241 with LCT(6)-1364 loaded on her main deck, USS LST-481 and USS LST-247 beached, 7 February 1945, in Apra Harbor Guam.
    US National Archives Identifier 295395832, COMSERRON 12 War Diary, 2/1-28/45 page 18.    		 David Upton
    USS LST-241
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Shaw, James A., USNR31 July 1943 - 1944
    02LT. Firestone, Albert N., USNR1944 - 7 March 1946
    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
    LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944
    LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
    History of LST Flotilla Seven
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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