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USS LST-454

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Golf - Sierra
NFGS

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 (8)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 July 1942 at Kaiser Shipyard, Vancouver WA.

Launched, 15 October 1942

Commissioned, USS LST-454, 25 January 1943, at Portland, OR., LT. Edward R. Swanton, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-454 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Eastern New Guinea operations Lae occupation, 4 to 5 September 1943 Finschhafen occupation, 22 to 23 September 1943 Saidor occupation, 2 to 3 and 6 to 9 January 1944	Leyte operations Leyte landings, 23 October to 4 November and 10 to 29 November 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation Admiralty Islands landings, 29 February to 4 March and 11 to 15 March 1944	Luzon operations Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
Hollandia operation, 21 to 26 April 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Visayan Island landings, 26 March, 2 to 4 and 9 to 10 April 1945
Western New Guinea operations Biak Island operation, 28 to 31 May and 3 to 7 and 12 to 16 June 1944 Morotai landing, 15 September 1944	Boreno operations Balikpapan operation, 26 June 4 July 1945

Decommissioned, 25 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

USS LST-454 earned eight battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 3 October 1947, to the Patapsco Scrap Co., Baltimore, MD for scrapping

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	91k	USS LST-454 under fire during an amphibious landing, circa 1944-45, location unknown.	Scot Molski LST 454 web site
	36k	USS LST-454 beached with two additional LSTs while off-loading troops and equipment, date and location unknown.	Scot Molski LST 454 web site
1016045207	6809k	USS LST-452, USS LST-454, USS LST-456 and USS LST-22 unload US Army troops on the Luzon beachhead on invasion day, 9 January 1945. A row of LSTs unload men and armaments to set up the advance upon Manila. At left, a Coast Guard beach party member directs landing traffic beside the striped signal flag. At right is a wrecked Japanese plane. US National Archives Identifier # 205585642, Local Identifier 26-G-3859, US Coast Guard photo # 26-G-3859	David Upton
	61k	USS LST-454 along with USS LST-631 and numerous other LSTs beached at Blue Beach Morotai, New Guinea, 22 June 1945, while embarking Australian troops of 7 Division and their equipment for "Operation Oboe 2", at Balikpapan, Borneo	Australian War Memorial
	341k	USS LST-454 off Balikpapan during Operation Oboe 2". Photo was taken from USS LST-632.	Richard D. Geiger, Shipfitter 3/C, LST-632 In memory of the Australian troops that lost their lives during the Borneo operation

USS LST-454
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Swanton, Edward Robert, USNR	25 January 1943 - 1 June 1944
02	LT. Horsley, T. Braxton, USNR	1 June 1944 - December 1944
03	LCDR. Morrison, D. J., USNR	December 1944 - December 1945
04	LTjg. Neill, R. R., USNR	December 1945 - 25 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
History of LST Flotilla Seven
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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