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USS LST-660

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Victor - Yankee
NKVY

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) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

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, LT. John M. Harrigan, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-660 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
For the Okinawa Gunto operation USS LST-660 came under the command of:
LST Flotilla Fourteen, CAPT. E. A. Seay USN (24);
LST Group Forty, CDR. G. Reith USN (24);
LST Division Seventy-Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay operation, 29 to 30 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 5 to 18 November 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 29 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-660 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
6 to 23 September 1945
19 December 1945 to 4 January 1946

Decommissioned, 26 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LST-660 earned four battle stars for World War II service

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

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

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

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	66k	USS 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
80-G-271205	156k	USS LST-660 under way, 19 May 1944, in the Gulf of Mexico, probably enroute for the Pacific. Note the unidentified Landing Craft Tank LCT(Mark VI) loaded on her main deck. Photographed by a lighter than aircraft from *ZP-22, based at NAS Houma, LA. US National Archives photo #'s 80-G-271205* and 80-G-271207, US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Tracy White
80-G-271207	142k		Tracy White
	65k	USS LST-660 refueling at sea, date and location unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
	30k	USS LST-660's main deck looking forward from the conning tower, date and location unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
	71k	USS LST-660 crew members on the ramp, date and location unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	50k	USS LST-660 20mm gun crew, date and location unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	27k	USS LST-660 Gunners Mates at work on one of the ships 40mm guns, date and location 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 USS LST-660. Note combat action symbols displayed, date and location of photo is unknown.	Submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660.
	29k	Three crew members of USS 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 location unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
	150k	USS LST-660 and USS LST-609 beached in the Philippines, date and location unknown.	Photo by Richard R. Humpert USS LST-660 submitted by Matt Schneider for his grandfather Richard R. Humpert
	27k	USS LST-660 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Phil Lobato for his grandfather H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660
	50k	USS LST-660 Gunners Mates (H. Fiorella GM2/c second from right bottom row), date and location unknown.	Submitted by Phil Lobato for his grandfather H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660
	53k	USS LST-660 and USS LST-557, beached, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Phil Lobato for his grandfather H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660
	37k	DUKW being off-loaded from USS LST-660 during amphibious operations, date and location unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	48k	USS LST-660 during amphibious operations, date and location unknown. Note the unidentified LSM alongside to starboard.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	37k	USS LST-660 beached on a ramp with two unidentified LSTs, date and location unknown. Note the unidentified LSM alongside to starboard.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	57k	USS LST-660 beached during amphibious operations, date and location unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	41k	USS LST-660 moored to a floating causeway during amphibious operations, date and location unknown.	Photo by H. Fiorella GM2/c USS LST-660 submitted by his grandson Phil Lobato
	43k	USS LST-660 crew members, date and location unknown.	Photo by Richard Humpert USS LST-660, submitted by his grandson Matt Schneider
	93k	Right to left; USS LST-747, USS LST-627 and USS LST-660 beached, at Okinawa, probably after the island was secured, circa 1945-46.	Jerry Lem Lem for his father Chung Wong Lem USS LST-747

USS LST-660
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Harrigan, John M., USNR	26 April 1944 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Schlice, Willard James, USNR	November 1945 - February 1946
03	LTjg. O'Ferrall, John P., USNR	February 1946 - 26 April 1946


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