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USS LST-712


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Sierra - Echo
 NFSE
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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 22 May 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 7 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-712, 2 August 1944, LT. Stanley W. Jolivette USNR, in command
  • During World War II, USS LST-712 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 11 April to 30 June 1945

  • Following service in the Southwest Pacific Area USS LST-712 was assigned to:
    LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw;
     LST Group Seventeen, CAPT. E. Watts USN;
     LST Division Thirty-four
  • Following World War II USS LST-712 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    6 to 23 September 1945
    1 October to 1 December 1945
    10 to 20 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946
  • USS LST-712 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 May 1948, to Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA., and subsequently scrapped
    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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    LST-712 109k USS LST-712 in the Invasion Debarkation area during the Lingayen Gulf Operation, January 1945. Seen from USS West Virginia (BB-48).
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 89352, original creator, courtesy of Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    LST-712 25k
    USS LST-712 beached at Okinawa, circa 1945,    		 LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-712 24k USS LST-712 at anchor, date and location unknown. LST Home Port Web Site
    LST-712
    1016071204    		 122k USS LST-712 officers, date unknown. Daniel Levy for his father ENS. Francis Levy, USNR LST-712
    USS LST-712
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Jolivette, Stanley W., USNR 2 August 1944 - 2 December 1945
    02LT. Wagner, Richard G., USNR 2 December 1945 - 15 February 1946
    03LTjg. Schulkers, Joseph R., USNR 15 February 1946 - 20 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    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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