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USS LST-461


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Quebec - Juliet
 NPQJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (3)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 30 September 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA;
  • Launched, 3 November 1942; Commissioned USS LST-461, 18 February 1943, LT. E. A. Bjork, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-461 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Aleutians operation
    Attu occupation, 11 May to 2 June 1943     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing s January 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operation
    Nasugbu-January 1945
    Tinian
    Capture and occupation, July 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, October 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned, 2 September 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 September 1947
  • Final disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 March 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA
  • USS LST-461 earned seven battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    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)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 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
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LST-461 172k USS LST-461 beached at Majuro Atoll in March 1944.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-401019, a US Navy photo now in the collection of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LST-461/662/672/723 75k Tank Landing Ships (LST) and a Barracks Ship (APB) moored together in 1945.The ships in this group include (from left to right):
    An unidentified LST (in the hull number range from LST-850 through LST-859)
    USS LST-461
    USS Yavapai (APB-42)
    USS LST-662
    USS LST-672 and
    USS LST-733.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-350133, a US Navy photo now in the collection of the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    View the USS LST-461
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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 Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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    Last Updated 15 February 2008