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USS LST-469

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Victor - uniform
NFVU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 23 October 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA.

Launched, 27 November 1942

Commissioned USS LST-469, 8 March 1943

During World War II USS LST-469 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Seven, CAPT. R. M. Scruggs, USN;
LST Group Nineteen, CDR. James E. Van Zandt, USNR and participated in the:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Hollandia operation 21 to 26 April 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 13 to 27 October 1944
Western New Guinea operations Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 18 to 20 and 23 to 25 May 1944 Biak Island operation, 28 to 31 May and 3 to 7 and 9 to 14 June 1944 Noemfoor Island operation, 4 to 10, 12 to 17 and 18 to 22 July 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 31 July, 6, 8 to 14 and 22 to 28 August 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944	Luzon operation; Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II USS LST-469 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
29 September to 24 October 1945	25 October to 2 November 1945

Decommissioned, 27 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946

USS LST-469 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 December 1947, to Hughes Brothers, Inc., New York, N.Y.

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)

2,366 t.

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	Source
1016046907	597k	USS LST-469 BuShips. 94721 LST Report of Torpedo, Projectile, Bomb and Fire Damage Including Losses in Action to 7 December, 1943. Page 15. US National Archives Identifier 78672524	David Upton
	64k	Stern view of USS LST-469 at Sydney, NSW, Australia Cockatoo Island Dock Yard, as seen in August, 1943. The ship was torpedoed off the East Coast of Australia by the Japanese submarine IJN I-174, 16 June 1943 and was towed to the dock yard. Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 305769	Mike Green
	94k	USS LST-469 drydocked at a Cockatoo Island Dock Yard, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, August 1943, for reconstruction of her damaged stern section.	Australian War Memorial
	85k	Closing in the stern shell plating and deck during the repair of USS LST-469 at Sydney, NSW, Australia Cockatoo Island Dock Yard, as seen in August, 1943. Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 305768	Mike Green
	52k	Completed rudder and propeller battle damage repair to USS LST-469 at Sydney, NSW, Australia Cockatoo Island Dock Yard, as seen in August, 1943. Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 306415	Mike Green
	887k	Christmas 1945 and New Years 1946 greetings from Commander LST Group Nineteen, CDR James E. Van Zandt USNR to the ships of the Group: USS LST-466 USS LST-245 USS LST-467 USS LST-171 USS LST-181 USS LST-469 USS LST-470 USS LST-471 USS LST-468 USS LST-473 USS LST-475 and USS LST-474	Bill James for his father William James USS LST-471
	133k	Five LSTs beached at San Fabian, Lingayen Gulf while unloading trucks, circa January 1945. Right to left; USS LST-697, USS LST-573, USS LST-1025, USS LST-469 and unidentified.	John De Noma
	46k	USS LST-469 beached at Lingayen Gulf while patients are being transferred from an ambulance, February 1945	Medical Department, US Army "Surgery in World War II - Activities of Surgical Consultants Vol. II"
1016046906	67k	USS LST-469 unloading at White Beach Two, Luzon during Lingayen Gulf invasion operations, 9 January 1945. LTjg. Harold Matt. beach-master from *USS Feland* (APA-11)** in right foreground. Photo taken by USS Feland.	Tommy Trampp