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LST-667

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) - Philippine Liberation Medal
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 February 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 27 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-667, 20 May 1944, Ens. W. S. Biernat USN in command
  • During World War II LST-667 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Eight (Capt E. Watts, USN), Group 22 (Cdr. E.H.Pope, USN), Division 43 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 landings, March an April 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings November 1944     		Borneo operation
    Tarakan Island operation, April and May 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945     		.

  • Following World War II LST-667 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946
  • Decommissioned, 5 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold to Learner Co., Oakland, CA., 11 December 1947, for scrapping
  • LST-667 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-667 66k LST-667 beached at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1944 while unloading tractors and bulldozers of the Royal Australian Air Force No. 14 Airfield Construction Squadron.
    Australian War Memorial photo # 061656    		 Australian War Memorial
    LST-667 55k LST-667 beached at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 18 September 1944 while Royal Australian Air Force engineers unload heavy construction equipment.
    Australian War Memorial photo # 017687    		 Australian War Memorial
    LST-614 52k LST-614 (far left), LST-667 (center), and LST-555 (far right), unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945. US Navy photo Bill Lambert
    LST-555/667 69k LST-667 along with LST-555 to port, unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945
    US Navy photo         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    LST-614 57k LST-614 and LST-667 (in background), unload at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
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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 Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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