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LST-245

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Papa - November - Foxtrot

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 (1)

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:

Eastern New Guinea operations;
(a) Saidor occupation, January and February 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, February 1944
(b) Admiralty Islands landings, March 1944
Hollandia operation, April and May 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation, June 1944
(c) Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944
(d) Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944
(e) Morotai landings, September 1944;
Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte landings, October and November 1944
Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, April 1945;
Borneo operations;
(a) 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 1,780 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
61k	*LST-18, 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 *LST-67, LST-66, LST-18, LST-245, and 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 *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-245
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

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