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USS LST-477
USS-LST(H)-477


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Lima - Yankee
 NGLY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (21 and 23 February 1945) - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (2-KIA, 7-WIA 21 and 23 February 1945, Iwo Jima)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 August 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 29 October 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST 477, 19 February 1943, LT. Josiah K, Adams, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-477 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     		Marianas
    Capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944
    Gilbert Islands operation
    November and December 1943     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 1945
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, February 1944     		.

  • Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) USS LST(H)-477, 15 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 March 1948, to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • USS LST-477 earned five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation 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-477 61k USS LST-477 underway, 30 March 1943, location unknown.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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