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LST-459

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)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 22 September 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA.

Launched, 29 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-459, 13 February 1943

During World War II LST-459 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Bismarck Archipelago operation
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943, January and February 1944
(b) Admiralty Islands landings, March 1944
Hollandia operation, April and May 1944
Western New Guinea operation;
(a) Biak Island operation, May and June 1944
(b) Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944
(c) Cape Sansapor operation, August 1944
(d) Morotai landings, September 1944
Leyte operation; Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
Consolidation of the southern Philippines
(a) Mindanao landings, March and April 1945
(b) Sulu Archipelago landings, April 1945

Following the war, LST-459 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945

Decommissioned, 12 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 October 1947, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA.

LST-459 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 12 kts.
Complement 8-10 officers, 100-115 enlisted
Troop Accommodations approx. 140 officers and enlisted
Boats 2 LCVP
Armament 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	67k	*LSM-40, LST-459* and an unidentified LCT beached at Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, P-Day, 9 April 1945. US Army Signal Corps. photo # SC266347		USS LSM / LSMR Association
	89k	*LST-459, LSM-40* beached at Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, P-Day, 9 April 1945. In the background are also two LCTs. US Army Signal Corps. photo # SC266350		USS LSM / LSMR Association

There is no DANFS history available for LST-459 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
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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United States LST Association

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