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USS Wythe (APB-41)
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 USS LST(M)-575 (1945)
 USS LST-575 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Whiskey - Whiskey
 NEWW
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) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LST-542 class Landing Ship Tank / Benewah class Self-propelled Barracks 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, LT. Patrick R. Shea, USNR, in command
  • Modified to a Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship, and initially designated LST (Modified) USS LST(M)-575, 15 January 1945
  • Redesignated and named USS Wythe (APB-41), 31 March 1945
  • During World War II USS LST-575(M) / USS Wythe (APB-41) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 March to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS Wythe (APB-41) performed occupation duty in the Far East including China service
  • 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
  • USS Wythe earned one battle star for World War II service as USS LST(M)-575
    APB Specifications:
    Displacement 4,080 t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 10
    Enlisted 141
    Troop Capacity
    Officers 40
    Enlisted 300
    Armament
    four single 40mm AA gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty .50 and .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    five Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin rubbers
    two propellers, 1,800shp
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    LST-575 70k USS Wythe (APB-41) at anchor, location unknown, circa 1945-46. Note the quonset hut on deck. Ship of this class had six sets of Welin davits, as did many LSTs.
    US Navy photo # NH 83814, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS LST-575/ USS LST(M)-575 / USS Wythe (APB-41)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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    Last Updated 22 October 2010