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USS LST-777

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Uniform - Lima
NGUL

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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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

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During World War II USS LST-777 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Manila Bay - Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay, landings, 29 to 31 January 1945	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Visayan Islands landings in April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-777 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
5 September to 14 October 1945
1 to 9 November 1945
15 December 1945 to 15 February 1946
20 March to 18 April 1946

USS LST-777 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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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
	158k	USS LST-777 under way, 14 August 1944, in the Gulf of Mexico. Note the lateral beams on the main deck that LCTs sat on when being transported by LSTs. Photo by a blimp from Lighter-Than-Air Squadron (ZP-22) assigned to NAS Houma, LA. US National Archives photo # 80-G-271338, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives II, College Park, MD.		Tracy White
	114k	USS LST-777 beached, date and location unknown.		Diana Chester Dallosta for her father and photographer LT. Spencer T. Chester MC USNR, Surgical Team #15, 7th Amphibious Force
	255k	USS LST-777 beached while unloading vehicles, date and location unknown.		Diana Chester Dallosta for her father and photographer LT. Spencer T. Chester MC USNR, Surgical Team #15, 7th Amphibious Force
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	123k	USS LST-777 unloading wounded troops to a waiting transport at Balikpapan, Borneo in July 1945.		Diana Chester Dallosta for her father and photographer LT. Spencer T. Chester MC USNR, Surgical Team #15, 7th Amphibious Force
	34k	USS LST-777 beached at Bougainville, New Guinea, August 1945.		Diana Chester Dallosta for her father and photographer LT. Spencer T. Chester MC USNR, Surgical Team #15, 7th Amphibious Force
	291k	USS LST-777 with a deck load of vehicles, date and location unknown.		Diana Chester Dallosta for her father and photographer LT. Spencer T. Chester MC USNR, Surgical Team #15, 7th Amphibious Force
	50k	USS LST-777 crew at quarters during personnel inspection while enroute to Manila from Japan in October 1945.		Diana Chester Dallosta for her father and photographer LT. Spencer T. Chester MC USNR, Surgical Team #15, 7th Amphibious Force
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	223k	USS LST-777 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she enters San Francisco Bay on her return from duty in the Far East, circa 1945.		Scott Browne for his father ENS. Mervin F. Browne, USNR USS LST-777
	155k	USS LST-777 at anchor probably in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84871 courtesy of William H. Davis, 1976		US Naval History and Heritage Command

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USS LST-777
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Lagotic, William F., USN	25 July 1944 - 23 January 1946
02	LTjg. Rome, Richard M., USNR	23 January 1946 - 19 July 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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