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LST / LST(M)-575 / APB-41 Wythe

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
LST-548 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 3 May 1944 at Missouri Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville IN.; Launched, 9 June 1944; Commissioned at New Orleans, LA, 30 June 1944 as USS LST-575; Modified to a Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship, and initially designated LST (Modified) USS LST(M)-575, 15 January 1945; Redesignated and renamed USS Wythe (APB-41), 31 March 1945; Decommissioned, 29 May 1947; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1959; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Marlene Blouse Corp, 10 September 1959; Wythe earned one battle star for World War II service as LST(M)-575.

APB Specifications: Displacement 2,080 t; Length 328'; Beam 60'; Draft 11' 2; Speed 10 k; Complement 151; Troop Accommodations 340; Armament eight 40mm, and eight 20mm. Propulsion, two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, twin shafts.
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