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USS LST-511

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Yankee - Delta
NDYD

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from 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, 22 July 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 30 November 1943

Commissioned USS LST-511, 3 January 1944, LT. John Yacevich in command

During World War II USS LST-511 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Decommissioned, 19 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946

USS LST-511 earned one battle star for World War II service

Merchant Service

Sold in 1947 to the St. Charles Transportation Co., Ltd. of Quebec, Province of Quebec, Canada and named MV Guy Bartholomew

Sold in 1948 to Corporation Maritime Rive-Nord, Ltd. of Quebec

Sold in 1969 to Agence Maritime, Inc. of Quebec and renamed MV Fort Kent

Sold in 1979 to Logisec Navigation, Inc. of Quebec

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

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
USS LST-511
1016050705	104k	Chart of Convoy T4, showing positions of LSTs and E-Boats off Slapton Sands England the night of 27-28 April 1944. dday.overload.com	Tommy Trampp
	29k	USS LST-511 off the Normandy, Omaha Beachhead, Red Beach, D-Day, 6 June 1944. *LST-511was designated a hospital ship for the invasion with two doctors and a contingent of corpsmen. She completed 50 round trips from English ports to the Normandy beaches. LST-511* was also one of the 8 LSTs participating in Exercise Tiger, a practice for D-Day on April 28, during which German E-boats attacked, hitting three of the 8 LST. Two sank immediately and the third was towed to port by its own LCVPs. US Navy photo.	LTjg. John Young USNR USS LST-511
1016051104	163k	USS LST-511 on the beaches at along with other LSTs at on the beaches of Le Havre, France 1944. LST 511 War History nd Cruise Book, page 2; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID 77707447, Micro Serial Number 159227.	David Upton
1016051105	282k	USS LST-511 offloading German POWs at a British port in 1944. LST 511 War History nd Cruise Book, page 2; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID 77707447, Micro Serial Number 159227.	David Upton
1016051103	121k	USS LST-511 and USS LST-55 along with seveeral other LSTs at Drammensfjord, Norway, 4 June 1945. LST 511 War History and Cruise Book, page 2; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID 77707447, Micro Serial Number 159227.	David Upton
Merchant Service
	94k	Ex-USS LST-511 underway while in commercial service as the St. Charles Transportation Co., Ltd. of Quebec, MV Guy Bartholomew, circa 1947-48. Photo from the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Bowling Green University	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

USS LST-511
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Yacevich, John	3 January 1944 - 10 June 1945
02	LT. McAuley Jr., John Joseph	10 June 1945 - 29 October 1945
03	LT. Jackson, Lyle W.	29 October 1945 - 19 December 1945


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Exercise Tiger: Disaster at Slapton Sands 28 April 1944
Exercise Tiger - The Quiet Sacrifice
Historic England -American Landing Ships Involved in D-Day Rehearsals
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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