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USS LST-584

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Yankee - Golf
NEYG

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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 Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

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During World War II USS LST-584 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 11 March 1945	Borneo operation Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945

Final Disposition, sold, 19 March 1948 to Green's Bayou Transporters, Houston, TX for non-self propelled operation, fate unknown

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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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	37k	USS LST-584, USS LST-705 and an unidentified LST beached while unloading trucks and equipment in the Philippines, date and location unknown.		Jess Dunham ABCS USN for his father-in-law CMoMM Virgil M. Morden USS LST-705
	369k	USS LST-584, USS LST-171 loading at Morotai in April, 1945. LIFE Magazine Archives, Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.		Mike Green
1016017108	740k	USS LST-171, USS LST-584, USS LST-697 and USS LST-585 loading at Morotai in April, 1945. Note USS LCI(L)-625 between LST-171 and LST-584. She arrived later to assist in the effort to move LST-684 out of the mud and into deeper water. The following was recorded in the "USS LST-584 Rep. of Opers. in the invasion of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 5/1-2/45 page 2". World War II War Diaries US National Archives Identifier 296592936 "At 0730 on Peter + One moved causeway from ramp of LST 584 to LST 171. At 0740 began pumping water and fuel overboard. At 0801 LCI-625 came alongside to port to assist ship off beach. At 0815 started backing full on engines. At 0820 stopped all engines. LCI-626 came alongside to starboard to assist. At 0829 backing full, LCIs also backing to pull ship off beach. At 0840 stopped pumping water and fuel. Total of 40,064 gallons (146 tons) of fuel and 3,280 gallons (13 tons) of water pumped overboard. At 0900 LCI 625 reversed position by backing alongside to port. Commenced backing to no avail. At 1055 secured to the effect that no attempt would be made to retract until next spring tide on 11 May 1945." (11 May 1945 may be miss typed in the War Diaries as the ship appears to be at Tarakan on the 1st or 2nd of May.) LIFE Magazine Archives, Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.		David Upton and Mike Green
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	351k	USS LST-584 and USS LST-590 beached on Red Beach, Tarakan Island while unloading, 1 May 1945.		Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht
	78k	USS LST-584 beached on Lingkas beach, Tarakan, Netherlands East Indies, 1 May 1945. An anti-tank ditch about 25 feet wide and studded with posts driven into the ground constitutes part of the Japanese defenses on Tarakan Island. The ditch, situated between the beach and the road behind it, failed to hinder the success of Operation Oboe One, the attack and landing on the island by troops of the 9th Australian Division. Ships of the US Navy's Amphibious Group Six seen in the background supported the landing.(Donor Dr Wootten) Australian War Memorial photo # PO2334.004.		Australian War Memorial
	40k	USS LST-584 and LST-697, at Tarakan, Borneo, circa 27 April to 5 May 1945.		LST Home Port web site
	59k	Waiting for a high tide to refloat USS LST-584 and USS LST-585 are sitting high and dry on the muddy beach at Tarakan, Borneo in May 1945. Australian War Memorial, No. 018467		Mike Green
	78k	USS LST-584 and LST-562 beached at Morotai, 30 May 1945 while Australian Army troops of 2/19th Transport Platoon load the units DUKWs aboard for transport to North Borneo and "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108519.		Australian War Memorial
	84k	USS LST-584 and other LSTs beached at Morotai, 30 May 1945 while waiting to load troops and equipment aboard for transport to North Borneo and "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108520.		Australian War Memorial
	241k	USS LST-584 beached while unloading across a beach, date and location unknown.		Kevin Gray

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USS LST-584
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Russell, Donald B., USNR	5 August 1944 - 10 November 1945
02	LT. Bradley, William M., USNR	10 November 1945 - 15 December 1945
03	LTjg. Gustafson Jr., Harry M., USNR	15 December 1945 - 12 April 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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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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