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LST-660

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 (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 6 January 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 24 March 1944

Commissioned USS LST-660, 26 April 1944

During World War II LST-660 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay operation, January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, November 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1945

Following World War II LST-660 performed occupation duty in the Far East until January 1946

Decommissioned, 26 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 May 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.

LST-660 earned four 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

9 officers, 120 enlisted
Troop Accommodations

14 officers, 131 enlisted
Boats 6 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

Size	Image Description	Source
66k	*LST-660* commissioning crew photo, 26 April 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.	Submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660
65k	*LST-660* refueling at sea, date and place unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
30k	*LST-660*'s main deck looking forward from the conning tower, date and place unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
71k	*LST-660* crew members on the ramp, date and place unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
50k	*LST-660* 20mm gun crew, date and place unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
27k	*LST-660* Gunners Mates at work on one of the ships 40mm guns, date and place unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
26k	Richard R. Humpert in the conning tower of *LST-660*. Note combat action symbols displayed, date and place of photo is unknown.	Submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660.
29k	Three crew members of *LST-660*. (From left to right H. Fiorella GM2/c, Hale and Horton.) Note images painted on the bow ramp of the LCVP in the background, date and place unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
150k	*LST-660* and *LST-609* beached in the Philippines, date and place unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
27k	*LST-660* at anchor, date and place unknown..	Submitted by Phil Lobato for his grandfather H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660
50k	*LST-660* Gunners Mates (H. Fiorella GM2/c second from right bottom row), date and place unknown.	Submitted by Phil Lobato for his grandfather H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660
53k	*LST-660* and *LST-557*, beached, date and place unknown.	Submitted by Phil Lobato for his grandfather H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660
37k	DUKW being off-loaded from *LST-660* during amphibious operations, date and place unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
48k	*LST-660* during amphibious operations, date and place unknown. Note the unidentified LSM alongside to starboard.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
37k	*LST-660* beached on a ramp with two unidentified LSTs, date and place unknown. Note the unidentified LSM alongside to starboard.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
57k	*LST-660* beached during amphibious operations, date and place unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
41k	*LST-660* moored to a floating causeway during amphibious operations, date and place unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
43k	*LST-660* crew members, date and place unknown.	Photo by Richard Humpert USS LST-660, submitted by his grandson Matt Schneider