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LST-764


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Lima - Oscar
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 LST-764 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla 29, Group 85, Division 170 and participated in the:
  • Following World War II 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.
  • 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
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    LST-764 154k 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
    LST-764 65k LST-764 beached at Iwo Jima, circa 15 February 1945. André Pilon
    LST-764 84k LST-764 beached at Iwo Jima, date unknown. Sandra Kanak for her father William O. Arnold, Pharmacist Mate USS LST-764
    View the LST-764
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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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