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USS Dodge County (LST-722)
ex
USS LST-722 (1944 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Uniform - Whiskey
NFUW

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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 (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia or Europe clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

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USS Dodge County (LST-722) was transferred to Thailand and renamed HTMS Prathong

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During World War II USS LST-722 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Consolidation and capture of southern Philippines Palawan Island landings, 28 February to 1 March and 6 to 7 March 1945 Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-722 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
23 September to 26 October 1945
24 December 1945 to 12 April 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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

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		Contributed By
USS LST-722
	62k	USS LST-1034, USS LST-722 along with other LSTs beached while offloading equipment, probably during the Mindanao campaign, circa April 1945		Mike Reade in honor of his father John Francis Reade USS LST1034
	313k	USS LST-722 underway, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 84867		Mike Smolinski
USS Dodge County (LST-722)
	85k	USS Dodge County (LST-722) arrives at Savannah, GA. to off-load 1st Armored Division during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in October 1962. Photo taken from USS Duval County (LST-758).		William W. Maki ETR2
	121k	US Army LCU 1515 unloads a bulldozer as part of a beach landing exercise involving some 1,500 men of the 1st Armored Division. The exercise was designed to sharpen the skills in loading and unloading vehicles for a beach assault. USS Dodge County (LST-722) is beached to the left preparing to unload her cargo of tanks while USS Duval County (LST-758) stands off shore waiting her tern to unload across the beach at Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, FL., 17 November 1962 in 1962. Fort Pierce Florida Press wire photo		Tommy Trampp
	82k	Tanks from the 1st Armored Division roll from the tank deck of USS Dodge County (LST-722) onto a steel causeway to the beach at Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, FL. 17 November 1962. AP wire photo		Tommy Trampp
HTMS Prathong
	1321k	Ex-USS Dodge County (LST-722) as the Royal Thai Navy's Tank Landing Ship HTMS Prathong at anchor at Singapore, circa 1981. Photos by Don Meehan		Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.
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USS LST-722 / USS Dodge County (LST-722)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Merchant Jr., Victor Morris, USN	13 September 1944 - 30 May 1946
02	LTjg. Lowendick, Carl R., USNR	30 May 1946 - 13 July 1946
	Decommissioned	13 July 1946 - 16 November 1951
	Decommissioned	3 January 1956 - 1960
03	LT/LCDR. Loggan, Wilfred John, USN	27 December 1961 - 1 May 1963
04	LT. Kelly, Francis Paul, USN	1 May 1963 - 8 March 1965
05	LT/LCDR. Price, Billy Lee, USN	8 March 1965 - 16 September 1967
06	LT/LCDR. Daily, Roger Morgan, USN	16 September 1967 - July 1969
07	LT. Powell, Richard Lowell, USN	July 1969 - 23 October 1969

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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