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USS LST-245

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - November - Foxtrot
NPNF

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 (8) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 7 May 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 17 July 1943

Commissioned USS LST-245, 22 August 1943, Lt. Matthew J. McCabe, USNR, in command

During World War II LST-245 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Eastern New Guinea operations Saidor occupation, January and February 1944	Leyte operation (a) Leyte landings, October and November 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation Cape Gloucester, New Britain, February 1944 Admiralty Islands landings, March 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945
Hollandia operation, April and May 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, April 1945;
Western New Guinea operations Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944 Biak Island operation, June 1944 Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944	Borneo operations Balikpapan operation, June and July 1945.

Decommissioned, 1 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 15 April 1948, for disposal

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LST-245 earned eight battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
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)
Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
Complement

7 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
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1332k	LSTs, including USS LST-181, USS LST-168, USS LST-206 and USS LST-245 beached at the loading area at Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 12 March 1944. US National Archives photo # III-SC 271518, Box 504, a US Army Signal Corps photo, by LT E. Commings, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
1327k	LSTs, including USS LST-206 and USS LST-245 beached at Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 12 March 1944, while loading vehicles destined for Los Negros, Admiralty Islands Group. US National Archives photo # III-SC 271519, Box 504, a US Army Signal Corps photo, by T/4 Henry C. Manger, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
61k	*LST-18, USS LST-245, and LST-202* landing troops and material, on the beach at Leyte, P.I., on D-Day 20 October 1944. US Navy photo	Scott at LBS Products
79k	From left to right USS LST-67, USS LST-66, USS LST-18, USS LST-245, and USS LST-202 landing troops and material, on the beach at Leyte, P.I., D-Day 20 October 1944. from the US Coast Guard Magazine "The Coast Guard and the Pacific War".	Don Leal USS LST 67 & USS LST 19
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
1209k	USS LST-462, USS LST-245, USS LST-458 and an unidentified LST beached at Morotai, 15 September 1944, as Army engineers unload their equipment. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 261042, by T/SGT Henry Palm, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr

USS LST-245
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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

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

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