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LST-613


USS LST-613 was transferred to Singapore and named RSN Persistence (L-205)
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 (5)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 January 1944, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 2 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-613, 19 May 1944, Lt. A.W. Worter USNR in command
  • During World War II LST-613 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Eight (Capt E. Watts, USN), Group 22 (Cdr. E.H.Pope, USN), Division 44 and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western New Guinea operation
    Morotai landings, September 1944     		Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines
    Visayan Island landing, March 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, November 1944     		Borneo operation
    Tarakan Island operation, April and May 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, December 1944
    Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945     		.

  • Following World War II LST-613 performed occupation duty in the Far East until December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 6 January 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Placed in service as USNS-LST-613 by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 31 March 1952
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 June 1975
  • Transferred (sold) to Singapore, 1 June 1976, named RSN Persistence (L-205)
  • Final Disposition, (fate unknown)
  • LST-613 earned five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    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)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 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
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LST-741 85k LST-741, LST-1017, LST-170, LST-460, LST-613, LST-1018, LST-695, LST-628, LST-697, beached on D+2, 22 October 1944, while unloading at Tacloban, San Pedro Bay, Leyte, P.I.
    Photo was taken from the deck of LST-666    		 Photo by James Hopkins BM2/c USS LST-666 submitted by Harold A. Young SM2/c USS LST-666
    LST-911 105k LST-911 (far left) beached along with LST-562, and LST-613 and an unidentified LST, date and place unknown. Karl Petersen
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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