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USS LST-764

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

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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)

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

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During World War II USS LST-764 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-Nine, CAPT. C. H. Peterson USCG (25);
LST Group Eighty-Five, CDR. W. B. Millington USCG;
LST Division One Hundred Seventy and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945

Following World War II USS LST-764 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September to 17 October 1945
5 November to 16 December 1945	5 November to 16 December 1945

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

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	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
	411k	USS LST-764 at anchor probably while enroute to the Iwo Jima, circa early February 1945. Note the section of a double string causeway attached to the ship's port side.		Raymond Cvetovich, Ph.D.
	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
1016076406	375k	USS LST-764 LST-764 underway off Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. Battleship firing against the island in the background. Frames from a short film called "Amphibious Invasion of Iwo Jima, H-Hour Minus One". Dept. of the Navy. National Archives ID 80201, Local ID 428-NPC-15841.		David Upton
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	264k	USS LST-764 beached at Iwo Jima the section of a double string causeway attached to the ship's starboard side.		Raymond Cvetovich, Ph.D.
	111k	USS LST-764 unloading on an Iwo Jima beach, circa late February 1945. Note the two wrecked LVTs in the left and right foreground. That at left, marked "C-11", carries the nickname "Fuzzy". That at right is nicknamed "War Hawk". The broken remains of a landing craft are in the center foreground. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 104199		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
1016076408	302k	USS LST-764 sailors celebrating the end of World War II. Photo from the collection of Eugene Franklin Perchinske		Gene Roberts grandson of Eugene Franklin Perchinske
1016076409	335k	Photo USS LST-764 sailors, date and location unknown. Photo from the collection of Eugene Franklin Perchinske		Gene Roberts grandson of Eugene Franklin Perchinske
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1016076411	36k

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USS LST-764
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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

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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