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USS LST-634

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Hotel - Golf
NFHG

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 10 Feb. to 16 March 1945) - 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-634 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-One, CAPT. W. H. Brereton USN (24);
LST Group Sixty-One, CAPT. R.M. MacKinnon USN (25);
LST Division One Hundred Twenty-Two and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation, February 1945 Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945

Following World War II USS LST-634 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
15 October to 2 December 1945
15 December 1945 to 8 June 1946	15 December 1945 to 8 June 1946

USS LST-634 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		Source
1016063401	69k	USS LST-634, date and location unknown. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 7. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris
1016063402	391k	USS LST-634, officers, sitting (Left to Right): LTjg. Walken; Ens. Williams; LT. Smith (Executive Officer); LT Little (commanding Officer); Ens. Yates; Ensign Bingham. Standing: (Left to Right) Ens. Allen; Ens. Nelson; Ens. Haj; ENS. Klinkenfues; and Ens. Kovach. Date and location unknown. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 7. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris
1016063403	385k	LST-634 ship's company, date and location unknown. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 8. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris
1016063404	101k	LST-634, USS LST 608, and two other LSTs beached on a ramp at Subic Bay Philippines, date unknown. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 9. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer). LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 9. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris
1016063405	160k	LST-634's baker Alano Blackmer poses with a Japanese flag, date and location unknown. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 9. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris
1016063406	94k	Alano Blackmer's battle station – "in the sling" – aboard USS LST 634, date and location unknown. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 8. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris
1016063407	204k	USS LST-634 crewmembers in and around Nagasaki, Japan, circa October 1945. LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, May 2021 issue, p. 9. (Photo originally donated by Dennis Blackmer, for his dad, Alano Blackmer).		Zach Morris

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USS LST-634
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Little, T. USN	22 August 1944 - 8 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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