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USS LST-705

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Quebec - Romeo
NFQR

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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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (3)

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During World War II USS LST-705 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 5 to 18 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 18 March, 24 March to 14 April and 17 to 23 April 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II USS LST-705 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
23 September 25 November 1945
1 to 19 January 1946
8 to 27 February 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 December 1947 to the Learner Co., Oakland, CA.

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Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	217k	Dignitaries on the launching platform with the ship's sponsor Mrs. Rose G. Zeller before LST-705 is launched, 7 June 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.		Dennis Munn the son of Mrs. Rose G. Zellers
	369k	LST-709 sponsor, Mrs. Rose G. Zeller prior to christening the ship, 7 June 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.		Dennis Munn
	437k	Ship's sponsor, Mrs. Rose G. Zeller, christening LST-705, 7 June 1944, as the ship is launched at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.		Dennis Munn
	232k	Cover from the champagne bottle used by Mrs. Rose G. Zeller to christen LST-705, 7 June 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.		Dennis Munn
	48k	USS LST-705 beached while unloading trucks at Legaspi, Philippine Islands in 1945.		Tom Lawson and Jess Dunham ABCS USN for his father-in-law CMoMM Virgil M. Morden USS LST-705
	37k	USS LST-705, USS LST-584 and an unidentified LST beached while unloading trucks and equipment in the Philippines, date and location unknown.		Jess Dunham ABCS USN for his father-in-law CMoMM Virgil M. Morden USS LST-705
	25k	USS LST-705 beached while unloading a tank, date and location unknown.		Jess Dunham ABCS USN for his father-in-law CMoMM Virgil M. Morden USS LST-705
	46k	USS LST-705 beached on Luzon Island, Philippines with Ens/LTjg. Aaron A. Hoppenstein 1944-1946 Asst. Gunnery Officer, Stores Officers and X.O. in 1946 standing in front of the open bow doors, circa 1945-46.		Tom Lawson
	50k	USS LST-705 entering San Francisco Bay with LCT-1189 on her deck, early 1946.		Tom Lawson
	28k	USS LST-705 at anchor in San Francisco Bay with LCT-1189 on her deck, early 1946.		Tom Lawson

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USS LST-705
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Cauthen Jr., Columb F. USNR	4 July 1944 -

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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