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USS LST-267

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Xray - Papa
NGXP

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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 (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

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During World War II USS LST-267 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirteen, CAPT. J.G. Sampson USN (22);
LST Group Thirty-Eight, LCDR. M.F. Stiling USNR;
LST Division Seventy-Six and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June 28 July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing 9 January 1945
Capture and occupation of Tinian, 24 to 28 July 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 March to 24 June 1945
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 9 September to 14 October 1944

Following World War II USS LST-267 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 September 1945 to 7 January 1946
26 January to 7 February 1946

USS LST-267 earned five battle stars for World War II service

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	61k	LST-267 ready for launching at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA., 6 June 1943.		Tom Lawson
	37k	Mrs. D. L. See, the ships sponsor, breaking the traditional bottle of Champagne across the bow of LST-267 as she is launched at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA., 6 June 1943.		Tom Lawson
	87k	LST-267 launching at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA., 6 June 1943. US Navy photo.		Tom Lawson and Tommy Trampp
1016026705	150k	USS LST-267 approaching the beach at Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944. Frame from short film named "Marines Load Equipment at Pavuvu For Palau Invasion", National Archives ID 77568. Local ID 428-NPC-5573. Verification reference USS LST-267- War Diary, 8/1-31/44, National Archives./font>		David Upton
1016026706	159k	USS LST-267 being assisted by a bulldozer to clear enough beach soil away so that she can open her bow doors to lower the ramp at Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944. LCT(6)-926 is beached off the port side of LST-267 Frame from short film named "Marines Load Equipment at Pavuvu For Palau Invasion", National Archives ID 77568. Local ID 428-NPC-5573. Verification reference USS LST-267- War Diary, 8/1-31/44, National Archives./font>		David Upton
1018092602	571k	LCT(6)-926 and USS LST-267 beached in Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944. Frame from short film named "Marines Load Equipment at Pavuvu For Palau Invasion", National Archives ID 77568. Local ID 428-NPC-5573. Verification reference USS LST-267- War Diary, 8/1-31/44, National Archives./font>		David Upton
	67k	USS Enoree (AO-69) at Okinawa, hoisting an LCT onto the deck of USS LST-267 for return to the US in 1946.		Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
	140k

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Sprung, Everett O., USNR	9 August 1943 - 13 October 1944
02	LT. Vitousek, Jr., Roy A., USNR	13 October 1944 - August 1945
03	LTjg. Byzet Jr., F. J., USN	August 1945 - 24 June 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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For more photos and information about USS LST-267 see; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D" The USS LST Ship Memorial LST Home Port State LST Chapters United States LST Association

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