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USS LST-764

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Lima - Oscar
NGLO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Iwo Jima) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-764 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 4 July 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 21 August 1944

Commissioned USS LST-764, 13 September 1944 LT. R. F. Nichols, USCGR, in command

Succeeding Commanding Officer - LT J. B. Raby, USCG: 17 January 1946 - 30 April 1946

During World War II USS LST-764 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla 29, Group 85, Division 170 and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February and March 1945

Following World War II USS LST-764 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-December 1945

Decommissioned, 30 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 December 1947, to Southern Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA.

USS LST-764 earned one battle star 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	Source
154k	USS LST-764 commissioning day crew photo, 13 September 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.	Sandra Kanak for her father William O. Arnold, Pharmacist Mate USS LST-764
63k	LSTs and other shipping in the transport area off Iwo Jima on the initial day of landings, 19 February 1945. The four closest LSTs are (left to right): USS LST-785, USS LST-782 (carrying LCT-1030), USS LST-764 and USS LST-795. Photographed from *USS Hansford* (APA-106)*. US Navy photo # 80-G-303902* from the collections of the US Naval History an Heritage Command	Tom Hughes for his father David C. Hughes USS LST-795
65k	USS LST-764 beached at Iwo Jima, circa 15 February 1945.	André Pilon
84k	USS LST-764 beached at Iwo Jima, date unknown.	Sandra Kanak for her father William O. Arnold, Pharmacist Mate USS LST-764

USS LST-764
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Nichols, R. F. USCGR	13 September 1944 - 17 January 1946
02	LT. Raby, J. B. USCG	17 January 1946 - 30 April 1946

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 Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS LST-764

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