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LST-272

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship; Laid down, 9 February 1943, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.; Launched, 1 August 1943; Commissioned USS LST-272, 17 September 1943. During World War II, LST-272 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following operations:

Marshall Islands operation;
(a) Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, January and February 1944
(b) Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, February and March 1944
Marainas operation;
(a) Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944
(b) Capture and occupation of Tinian, July 1944
Western Caroline Islands operation;
(a) Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944
Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945

Decommissioned, 16 August 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 September 1946; Final Dispoisition, sold for scrapping, 5 April 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. LST-272 earned five 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 12k.; complement 8-10 Officers, 100-115 Enlisted; Troop Capacity, approx. 140 officers and enlisted; Boats, 2-6 LCVP; Armament; one single 3"/50 gun mount, 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
21k	*LST-272*, date and place unknown.	LST Home Port Web Site
18k	*LST-272*, on a reef at Ellyce Island, 1945	LST Home Port Web Site
75k	*LST-42* and LST-272 beached, date and place unknown. A bulldozer is creating landing ramps to off load equipment from the two LSTs. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1945 issue.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

There is no DANFS history available for LST-272 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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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