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USS LST-714

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Sierra - India
NFSI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 12 June 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 15 July 1944

Commissioned USS LST-714, 11 August 1944, Lt. H. Van Voast, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-714 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following operations:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Leyte operation Leyte landings, November 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operation Zambales-Subic Bay, January 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945	Borneo operations Balikpapan operation, June and July 1945

Following World War II USS LST-714 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early May 1946

Decommissioned, 10 May 1946 and transferred to the State Department

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LST-714 earned four 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
306k	USS LST-714 at anchor, date and place unknown.	Larry Gum for his father Waples Gum USS LST-714
71k	USS LST-714 moored, date and place unknown.	Larry Gum for his father Waples Gum USS LST-714
250k	USS LST-714, USS LST-937 and USS LST-614 beached at Manila, Philippine Islands, circa 1945, while unloading equipment.	Larry Gum for his father Waples Gum USS LST-714
205k
244k

View the USS LST-714
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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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Last Updated 19 February 2010