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USS LST-246

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Golf
NVEG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - 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, 12 May 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville IN.

Launched, 22 July 1943

Commissioned USS LST-246, 23 August 1943

During World War II USS LST-246 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls- January and February 1944 Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll-February 1944:	Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
Tinian capture and occupation, July 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 1945

Following WWII USS LST-246 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early February 1946

Decommissioned, 14 February 1946

Transferred to the US Army Transportation Service , 26 June 1947

Commissioned USAT LST-246

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948

Final Disposition, lost due to grounding, date and location unknown

USS LST-246 earned six battle stars for World War II service

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	76k	Artists Sketch of USAT LST-246		Bill Valashinas
	23k	USAT LST-246 aground, date and location unknown.		Bill Valashinas

View the USS LST-246
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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