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USS LST-687

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Yankee - India
NPYI

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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 Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

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During World War II USS LST-687 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Sixteen, CAPT. N.W. Sears;
LST Group Forty-Six, LCDR. J. R. Keeling;
LST Division Ninety-One and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu, 6 September to 14 October 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 6 September to 14 October and 19 to 29 November 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-687 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
3 to 19 November 1945
1 to 6 December 1945

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 24 September 1947, to William E. Skinner

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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
1016068707	30k	LST-687 launching, 28 February 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN. Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection		Tommy Trampp
	69k	USS LST-687 unloads on Orange Beach during the Lingayen Gulf landings on 16 January 1945. USS LST-925 lays on the beached broached at a right angle to USS LST-1028. Both ships had been attacked and seriously damaged by Japanese Torpedo Boats using depth charges. USS LST-623 is beached further down the beach while unloading equipment and supplies.		Photo by Bernard DeNoma LCT-725 radioman and machine gunner
	69k	USS LST-687 in drydock, date and location unknown.		Submitted by Pat Wiseman for his father-in-law George E. Lewis MoMM1/c, June 1944-November 1945 USS LST-687
	110k	USS LST-687 crew photo, R&R Christmas 1944, Manus Island. Only half the crew is shown since they had to rotate shore leave over 2 days. Photo by LTjg. Marvin E. Moss, Supply Officer (left rear wearing pith helmet).		Submitted by Pat Wiseman for his father-in-law George E. Lewis MoMM1/c, June 1944-November 1945 USS LST-687.
	169k	US LST-687 homeward bound entering San Francisco Bay. Note: pennant flying from her starboard yardarm, circa January 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 79091		Submitted by Pat Wiseman for his father-in-law George E. Lewis MoMM1/c, June 1944-November 1945 USS LST-687

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Miller, Ned, USN	22 April 1944 - 14 July 1945
02	LT. Rogers, James P., USNR	14 July 1945 - December 1945
03	LTjg. Cale, Sherman Loar, USN	December 1945 - 24 May 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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For more photos and information about USS LST-687 see; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D" The USS LST Ship Memorial LST Home Port State LST Chapters United States LST Association

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