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USS LST-506

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Xray - Romeo
NDXR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-491 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 19 August 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 4 November 1943

Commissioned USS LST-506, 3 January 1944

During World War II USS LST-506 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**European-Africa-Middle East Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, June 1944

Decommissioned, 24 July 1947

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1947

Final Disposition, sold, 4 December 1947, to Southern Trading Co., Philadelphia, PA., fate unknown

USS LST-506 earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
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 4 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

Size	Image Description	Source
172k	USS LST-506 loading *LCT-80*, date and location unknown for transport to the European Theater.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
125k	View of USS LST-506 main deck looking aft from the foc'sle area.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
174k	View of USS LST-506 starboard side main deck looking aft.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
132k	USS LST-506 moored at Falmouth, England in 1944.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
71k	A USS LST-506 signalman checks his equipment while the ship is moored at Southampton, England in 1944.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
107k	USS LST-506 crew members Bauer and McDowell man on of the ship's 20mm AA gun mounts.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
65k	USS LST-506 while being dry docking at Falmouth, England, 22 September 1944.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
144k	USS LST-506 unloading vehicles at Drammen, Norway, date unknown.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
134k	USS LST-506 at anchor in 1945, location unknown.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
174k	USS LST-506 Signalman with light.	Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c USS LST-506 submitted by his granddaughter Kathleen Mayo Kendrick
96k	USS LST-506 beached at Mill Creek, Solomons, MD., June 1946	Photos by Ens. W.R. Santschi USS LST-509