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USS LST-485


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Xray - Bravo
 NGXB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 17 December 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 9 January 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-485, 19 May 1943
  • During World War II USS LST-485 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater LST Flotilla Five (Capt. G.B. Carter, USN), Group Fifteen (Cdr. V. K. Busck, USN), Division 29 and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operation
    Vella-Lavella occupation, September 1943     		Tinian capture and occupation
    July and August 1944
    Treasury-Bougainville operation
    Treasury Island landings, October and November 1943     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May and June 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and August 1944     		.

  • Following World War II LST-485 saw service in China in January and February 1946, and performed occupation duty in the Far East until March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 30 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 March 1948, to Kaiser, Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • USS LST-485 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-485 142k USS LST-485 (left) is in the background of the plan view USS Hovey (DMS-11) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 20 May 1943.
    US Navy photo # NH 99567 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LCI(L)-222 514k USS LST-485 and USS LCI(L)-24, USS LCI(L)-222, USS LCI(L)-334 load New Zealand troops of the 3rd Division Brigade, 25 October 1943, for a landing at Mono Island in the Treasury Island Group. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LST-485 58k USS LST-485 underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 79011 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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 Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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