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USS LST-574

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Whiskey - Uniform
NEWU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

USS LST-574 purchased by the Republic of China and named ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 16 April 1944, (99th vessel constructed) at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; Evansville, IN.

Launched, 5 June 1944

Commissioned USS LST-574, 26 June 1944, Ltjg. Joseph F. Canny USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-574 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LST Flotilla Fifteen (flagship) and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 5 to 18 November 1944	Consolidation and Capture of Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 11 March 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II USS LST-574 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September 1945 to 25 May 1946	2 September 1945 to 25 May 1946

Decommissioned, 17 June 1946, in the Philippines

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946

Sold, 5 November 1947, to Bosey, Philippines and resold to the Republic of China in March 1949, commissioned ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210)

Final Disposition, disposed of in 1959

USS LST-574 earned three battle stars for World War If service

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

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

2,366 t.

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 6 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	Contributed By
USS LST-574
	65k	USS LST-574 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Stanley H. Wallace
	76k	USS LST-711, USS LST-1025, USS LST-574 and an unidentified LST beached at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 29 May 1945, waiting to load Royal Australian Air Force vehicles for the invasion of Lubuan, British North Borneo. Australian War Memorial photo # OG2807.	Australian War Memorial
	60k	USS LST-574 beached at Blue Beach, Morotai, 19 June 1945, while a loaded 3-ton truck of the Australian Army's 2/35 General Transport Co. is being backed up the ships ramp. in preparation for "Operation Oboe 2. Australian War Memorial photo # 109841.	Australian War Memorial
ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210)
	61k	Ex-USS LST-574 in Republic of China naval service as *ROCS Chung Yung* (LST-210)** beached, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

USS LST-574
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Canny, Joseph Francis, USNR	26 June 1944 - 10 April 1945
02	LT. Krueger Jr., William Frederick, USNR	10 April 1945 - 17 April 1945
03	LT. Shepard, J. D., USN (temporary)	17 April 1945 - 25 April 1945
04	LT. Austen, Albert Angus, USNR (temporary)	25 April 1945 - 7 May 1945
05	LT. Krueger Jr., William Frederick, USNR	7 May 1945 - 17 June 1946


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