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USS LST-560

/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Uniform - Victor
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 22 February 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 21 April 1944

Commissioned USS LST-560, 12 May 1944, LT. H.T. Holsapple USNR in command

During World War II LST-560 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Eight, CAPT. E. Watts, USN;
LST Group Twenty-two, CDR. E. H. Pope, USN;
LST Division Forty-three and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Palawan Island landings, 1 to 2 March 1945 Visayan Island landings, 26 to 31 March and 2 to 4 April 1945	Borneo operations Brunei Bay operation, 10 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-560 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 24 September to 20 October 1945

Decommissioned, 17 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

USS LST-560 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 12 September 1946, to Construction Power and Merchandising Co., Brooklyn, N,Y., 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
	58k	USS LST-560 and USS LST-638 beached at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 27 May 1945, Royal Australian Air Force Signals Units are loading telephone cable aboard USS LST-638 needed at Labuan Island, Borneo in order to establish vital communication links. Australian War Memorial, Photo No. OG2795	Mike Green
	68k	USS LST-560 beached at Labuan, North Borneo, 10 June 1945, offloading vehicles of the Australian Army's 2/47 Transport Platoon. Australian War Memorial photo # 108874.	Australian War Memorial
	80k	USS LST-560 and USS LST-640 beached at Labuan, North Borneo, 10 June 1945, as a jeep of the Australian Army's 13 Wireless Section (Heavy) is towed ashore by a US bulldozer, during "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108880.	Australian War Memorial
	72k	USS LST-560 and USS LST-640 beached at Labuan, North Borneo, 10 June 1945, as a jeep of the Australian Army's 13 Wireless Section (Heavy) moving ashore during "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108883.	Australian War Memorial
	53k	USS LST-560 beached at Labuan, North Borneo, 10 June 1945, as a jeep of the Australian Army's 24th Infantry Brigade moving ashore during "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108915.	Australian War Memorial
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-49565	249k	USS LST-560 beached at Labuan, in Brunei Bay, North Borneo, 10 June 1945, while Royal Australian Army troops move ashore during "Operation Oboe 6". US National Archives Photo # 80-G-49565.	Robert Hurst Tommy Trampp
	249k		Robert Hurst Tommy Trampp

USS LST-560
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Holsapple, Henry Taylor, USNR	12 May 1944 - 19 September 1945
02	LT. Stewart, Charles H., USNR	19 September 1945 - 20 November 1945
03	LTjg. Caldwell, Richard R., USNR	20 November 1945 - 17 May 1946


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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