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USS LST-598

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Zulu - Sierra
NEZS

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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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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During World War II USS LST-598 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-One, CAPT. W. H. Brereton USN (24);
LST Group Sixty-Two, CDR. W. M. Gullett USN (27);
LST Division One Hundred Twenty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 6 May 1945

Following World War II USS LST-598 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
7 October 1945 to 10 June 1946	7 October 1945 to 10 June 1946

USS LST-598 earned one battle star for World War II service

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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
	81k	From left to right USS LST-785, USS LST-736 and USS LST-598 unloading while beached at Okinawa, April 1945. A US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.		Submitted by Glen Morris, contributed by Edward Dye
	60k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.		Tom Smith
	53k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.		Tom Smith
	42k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.		Tom Smith
	66k	USS LST-598 and USS LST-819 beached, date and location unknown.		Larry Roszkowiak, RM3 USS Hampshire County 1968-69

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USS LST-598
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Reeder, Marion Vincent USNR	22 September 1944 - 6 February 1946
02	LTjg. Reilly, John F. USNR	6 February 1946 - 10 June 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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