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| Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944 |
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20k | USS LST-512 launching at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL., 10 December 1943. | LST Home Port Web Site | |
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91k | USS LST-512 on the Ohio River, Lock No. 10, at Steubenville, Ohio, she is headed for New Orleans, for final fitting out and commissioning |
Photo by Curtis Ard submitted by Marshall Walker |
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8k | USS LST-512 underway, date and location unknown. | LST Home Port web site | |
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10k | USS LST-512 underway, date and location unknown. | LST Home Port web site | |
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9k | USS LST-512 underway, date and location unknown. | LST Home Port web site | |
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243k | USS LST-539 loading US Army trucks at Hardway, Gosport, Hampshire, England. They are reversing onto the ship so that on reaching Normandy they will be able to drive straight onto the beach.
USS LST-512 is preparing to beach on the ramp alongside USS LST-539 to take on her cargo of waiting vehicles. Portsmouth harbor is in the
background. Photo source unknown. Photos from "D-Day In Photographs by Portsmouth City Council", The History Press. ISBN 978 7524 7479 3. This photo can be dated based on personnel log entries of Sheldon D Abrams, RM3/c crew member of USS LST-539. The ship was at Portsmouth on three separate occasions, 29 June and 6 and 8 July 1944. |
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33k | Loading German POWs aboard USS LST-512 and USS LST-336 at Normandy, June 1944. | Bruce Bidwell | |
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95k | A poster from the World War II era featuring LST-512. The poster is now in the collections of the Library of Congress. |
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89k | A bracelet made from a souvenir "punched penny" from the tour. The "Penny Puncher" followed USS LST-512 from port to port. For a dime, he would press this design or the Lord's Prayer on a penny. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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90k | USS LST-512 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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229k | USS LST-512 with an amtrack leaving through the bow doors, date and location unknown . US Navy photo. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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44k | USS LST-512 arriving at Chicago, 15 May 1945, prior to commencing her Great Lakes War Bond Drive. Click here to see the US Navy Press Release, dated 21 May 1945. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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22k | Modifications to USS LST-512 for the Great Lakes tour included a folding mast which was fabricated at Chicago in May 1945, prior to commencing her Great Lakes War Bond Drive. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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120k | USS LST-512 under tow by the tug Montana at Calumet Ship and Drydock, Chicago, 21 May 1945, to be modified for Great Lakes operations, prior to commencing her Great Lakes War Bond Drive. Photo purchased from Chicago Sun-Times archives. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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110k | USS LST-512 moored pierside at Chicago prior to commencing her Great Lakes War Bond Drive, circa May 1945. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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49k | USS LST-512 underway just before she commenced a War Bond Tour of the Great Lakes in 1945, location unknown. LST-512 is camouflaged in a tropical measure for Pacific service. Note the deck constructed forward of the bridge area over the aft cargo hatch. Her signal mast is fitted with a Radio Direction Finder (RDF) antenna and a whip radio antenna is at its peak. Click here to see the US Navy Press Release, dated 11 June 1945 for the ship's stop at Detroit, MI. Photo from Real War Photos from "Landing Craft in Action in WWII." author unknown. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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128k | Assembled dignitaries on the main deck of USS LST-512; ADM. Woodward, GEN. Turnage and LCDR Brendel are in the photo near the center. At the far right is LT. Jerome Brock, CO of USS LST-512. None of the others are identified. Photo was probably taken at Detroit, MI, 12 June 1945, at the opening of the tour and the "Hit the Beach" demonstrations. ADM. Woodward was the US Navy Chief of the Industrial Incentive Division, and he opened the exhibition in Detroit. Official Marine Corps Photo USS LST 512 Photo by S/Sgt. Jim Orton. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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177k | USS LST-512 moored at Detroit, MI, probably on 12 June 945, at the opening of the tour and the "Hit the Beach" demonstrations. ADM. Woodward, GEN. Turnage, and LCDR. Brendel; they are inspecting one of the tank deck displays of an enemy position. In addition to the sand and palm trees, there is barbed wire, a contact mine, and a captured Japanese 20mm anti-tank gun. The Navy captain in the foreground is not identified. Official Marine Corps Photo USS LST 512 Photo by S/Sgt. Jim Orton. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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97k | USS LST-512 moored at Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park at Detroit, during her Great Lakes tour in 1945. US Navy photo. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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112k | USS LST-512 Chief Petty Officers and Marine Detachment Sergeants, during her Great Lakes tour in 1945. Left to Right: Chief Commissary Steward F.F. Germanine; Chief Motor Machinist Mate O.W. Elober USNR, Chief Boatswains Mate J. Kerdock, USN; Chief Boatswains Mate S. D. Sullenberger, USNR; Chief Machinist Mate F. S. Wilson; ; Quartermaster Sargent Hale, USMC; First Sargent Henry Roper, USMC; Gunnery Sargent W. M. Archen, USMC. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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110k | USS LST-512 Deck Gang. (Front row left to right; BMC S.D Sullenberger, LTjg. Hardy Glenn, Gunnery Officer, LTjg. Stevens, Deck Officer, BMC Joseph Kerdock. Second Row, third from right is Paul Mackrell, no others can be identified.), during her Great Lakes tour in 1945. US Navy photo. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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756k | Navy and Marine Corps personnel assigned to USS LST-512 during the ships War Bond tour of the Great Lakes in 1945. Bob Kepler, is indicated by an arrow on the left side of the Marine detachment. BMC Sam Sullenberger, is last in the line of officers and Chief Petty Officers. LT. Jerome Brock, Commanding Officer, is the front officer, Ltjg Hardy Glenn is 4th in line, BMC Joseph Kerdock is 4th from back, and BM3 Paul Mackrell is 2nd from right in the front row. | Paul Sullenberger, courtesy Bob Kepler, Grand Canyon Chapter of 4th Marine Division | |
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109k | USS LST-512 crew on deck watching a movie while the ship was in Duluth, MN. during her Great Lakes tour in 1945. (A related story is that at their previous port of call, Bay City, MI., the Shore Patrol returned a drunken sailor to the ship. As they were leaving, someone threw eggs at them. No one would admit to the act or identify the culpable party, so liberty got canceled at Duluth. Probably explains why no one looks very happy.) US Navy photo. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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275k | Newspaper article from the "Toledo Blade" announcing the visit of USS LST-512 to that city during the ship's Great Lakes tour in 1945. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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271k | Photo and accompanying article from the "Chicago Sun-Times" showing USS LST-512 tied up to the Fleet Landing at Chicago, 24 August 1945, during her Great Lakes War Bond Drive. She was, preparing for the exhibition in Chicago. The open bow doors allow views of the display area on the tank deck. Photo purchased from the Chicago Sun-Times archives. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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45k | USS LST-512 deck gang working on the main deck while underway on the Mississippi River either enroute up river during the ship's Great Lakes tour in 1945 or returning down river as part of the ship's Great Lakes tour in 1945. BM3 Paul Mackrell, foreground, BMC Sullenberger, behind to the right. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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514k | USS LST-512 on the Ohio River enroute to Pittsburgh, PA., late September 1945. Photos from "Warcraft on the Inland Waterways" Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public library web site. |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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36k | Japanese Baka Bomber on display in the tank deck of USS LST-512 According to text accompanying the picture, the "Baka" was actually called "Oka" which means "Cherry Blossom," but was renamed "Baka" by the Americans, which means "Fool." The pilot was locked into the cockpit and carried aloft by an IJN bomber, and released when near a target. Traveling at about 230 mph when released, it had a rocket assist that burned for 30 seconds, accelerating it to 480 MPH. The Kamikaze pilot then attempted to fly it into a target. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
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99k | USS LST-512 moored to a wharf at Pittsburgh, PA. on the Monongahela River, circa 16-22 October 1945, view of some of the vehicles and armament that were displayed on the main deck. US items were on the starboard side, captured Japanese items were displayed on the port side. Associated Press photo from "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette." |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 and Clint Burton | |
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105k | USS LST-512 moored to a wharf at Pittsburgh, PA. on the Monongahela River, circa 16-22 October 1945. Associated Press photo from "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette." |
Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 and Clint Burton | |
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71k | USS LST-512 moored reportedly in Tampa, FL., in July 1946, the ships' history indicates a visit to Miami before the War Bond tour and not Tampa after the tour. The civilian is Florida Governor Millard F. Caldwell. To the Governors right is LT. Jerome Brock, USS LST-512 Commanding Officer (April to October 1945). The other officers are unidentified. | Paul Sullenberger for his father Samuel D. Sullenberger BMC, USNR USS LST 158, USS LST 492, USS LST 512 | |
| BAP Paita (LT-35) |
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44k | Ex-USS Burnett County (LST-512) at anchor, circa 1966, location unknown while in Peruvian service as BAP Paita (LT-35). | Robert Hurst | |
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47k | BAP Paita (AT-4) at anchor with bow doors open and ramp lowered, circa 1959. Official Peruvian Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LT. Carson Jr., Jerome S. | 8 January 1944 - May 1945 |
| 02 | LT. Brock, Jerome, USNR | May 1945 - December 1945 |
| 03 | LT. Stevens II, John Calvin, USNR | December 1945 - February 1946 |
| 04 | LT. Provost Jr., William Brockholst, USNR | February 1946 - 29 March 1946 |
| 05 | LT. Drozd, Eugene C., USNR | 29 March 1946 - 28 March 1947 |
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