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LST-535


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Alpha - Romeo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-535 was transferred to the Republic of China and named ROCS Chung Wan (LST-229)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 19 October 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 21 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-535, 4 February 1944. LT. Martin L. Olson, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LST-535 was first assigned to the European Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Invasion of Normandy, June 1944 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May and June 1945

  • Following World War II LST-535 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 14 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 31 March 1952
  • Placed in service by MSTS as USNS T-LST-535
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958
  • Transferred to the Republic of China, 1 October 1958, and named ROCS Chung Wan (LST-229)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LST-535 earned two battle stars 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
    9 officers, 120 enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    14 officers, 131 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
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LST-60/316/535 118k LST-316, LST-60 and LST-535 beached at Juno Beach, in Mike Sector on D+1 (7 June 1944) LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-535 105k LST-535 moored pierside, probably 1945 somewhere in the Far East, possibly, Jinsen, Pusan, Guam or Sasebo. John Ross for his step-father Raymond Willis SF1/c USS LST-920
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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    United States LST Association
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