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USS LST-283

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Lima - Zulu
NFLZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Ex-USS LST-283 was purchased by Peru and named BAP Chimbote (LST-34)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 2 August 1943, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 10 October 1943

Commissioned USS LST-283, 18 November 1943, LTjg. John R. Perry, USN, in command

During World War II USS LST-283 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

European-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 USS LST-283 departed Halifax N.S. 11 February 1944, arriving Milford Haven. England 16 March 1944. There she was loaded and departed 5 June 1944 for the invasion of Normandy, anchoring off UTAH beach. *LST-283* made nine shuttles between Portland, England and OMAHA and UTAH beaches with prisoners and wounded Although not classified as "H" she carried 4 doctors and 40 corpsmen.	Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 13 September 1944

European-Africa-Middle East Campaigns

Campaign and Dates

Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
USS LST-283 departed Halifax N.S. 11 February 1944, arriving Milford Haven. England 16 March 1944.
There she was loaded and departed 5 June 1944 for the invasion of Normandy, anchoring off UTAH beach.
LST-283 made nine shuttles between Portland, England and OMAHA and UTAH beaches with prisoners and
wounded Although not classified as "H" she carried 4 doctors and 40 corpsmen.

Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 13 September 1944

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-283, LT. John R. Perry, USN, in command, came under the command of:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Six, CAPT. R. F. J. Shea, USN (23);
LST Group One Hundred Seven CDR. L. F. Teuscher, USN (23);
LST Division Two Hundred Thirteen

Following World War II USS LST-283 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 20 November 1945

Decommissioned, 13 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 22 January 1947

USS LST-283 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Sold for conversion to commercial service, 25 March 1947, to Northrup H. Castle, Honolulu, HI., named M/S Rawhiti

Purchased by Peru, 21 December 1951 for service in the Peruvian Navy as BAP Chimbote (LST-34)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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

9 officers, 120 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

14 officers, 131 enlisted

Boats 6 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS LST-283
1016028306	519k	*LST-283* construction progress photo, 2 September 1943 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA	Tommy Trampp
1016004403	210k	USS LST-283 moored inboard of USS LST-44 at Plymouth, England, 20 March 1944. The Army tug alongside is *ST-344, the derrick barge is unidentified. US National Archives photo # 111-SC-314377-380* a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Lowell Silverman
1016028307 TL 116339942	230k	USS LST-283 underway with *LCT(6)-594* loaded on her main deck, circa 1 January 1944, location unknown. *LCT(6)-594* was loaded aboard USS LST-283 at Pendleton Shipyards, New Orleans LA. TimeLife_Images_116339942, 116340161 and 116340161 by Wallace Kirkland, Life Magazine	David Upton
1016028308 TL 116340161	288k
1016028309 TL 116339962	192k
	32k	USS LST-283 riding at anchor, possibly at Halifax, N.S. prior to sailing for Great Britain in convoy. Note *LCT-594* loaded on her main deck.	Ray Morey
BAP Chimbote (LST-34)
	33k	Ex-USS LST-283 at anchor, circa 1965, while in Peruvian service as *BAP Chimbote* (LST-34)**, date and location unknown.	Ray Morey
	26k	*BAP Chimbote* (LST-34)** dressed out, circa 1953, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	126k	*BAP Chimbote* (LST-34)** under way, circa 1970, location unknown. Peruvian Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	184k	*BAP Chimbote* (LST-34)** moored pierside at Callao, Peru, date unknown. Photo by Karsten Petersen	Robert Hurst