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USS LST-284

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Papa - Charlie
NFPC

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 9 August 1943, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 17 October 1943

Commissioned USS LST-284, 25 November 1943, ENS. W. H. Pennington, in command

During World War II USS LST-284 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 May to 30 June 1945
Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 23 September 1944

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-284, LT. Thomas B. Brooks, USNR, 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-284 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early November 1945

Decommissioned, 13 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

USS LST-284 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 December 1947, to Southern Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA.

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
1016038001	472k	From right to left; USS LST-380, USS LST-284, USS LST-499, and USS LST-382 at Brixham Harbour, England, 1 June 1944, loading up with equipment ready for the cross channel invasion. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC206438 (colorized Royston Leonard) by Nehez	Wolfgang Hechler
	305k	USS LST-284's LCVPs underway in the foreground as USS LCI(L)-321 approaches the Normandy beachhead, D-Day, 6 June 1944.	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
1016028402	47k	USS LST-284 moored to the hard at Portland, England, 9 June 1944, having returned from the Normandy beachhead with wounded soldiers and sailors. US Navy photo.	Tommy Trampp
	14k	USS LST-284 on the beach at Okinawa, June 1945. US National Archives image	Bill Brinkley
1016028403	129k	USS LST-284 underway in San Francisco Bay, circa January-March 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 83632	US Naval History and Heritage Command

USS LST-284
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Pennington, W. H., USN	25 November 1943 - 17 January 1944
02	LT. McBrier, James William, USN	17 January 1944 - 30 September 1944
03	LTjg. Decker, Harold D., USNR	30 September 1944 - 20 January 1945
04	LT. Gross, Joseph H., USNR	20 January 1945 - 10 February 1945
05	LT. Brooks, Thomas B., USNR	10 February 1945 - 1 October 1945
06	LT. Whiteside, Robert L., USNR	1 October 1945 - December 1945
07	LTjg. Goldberg, Sidney J., USNR	December 1945 - 13 March 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Unofficial History of USS LST-284 by Earl Blair
Narrative Report of Operations, 5-17 June 1944
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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