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USS Garfield County (LST-784)
ex
 USS LST-784 (1944 - 1955)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Xray - Kilo
 NGXK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-784 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 June 1944 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 5 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-784, 1 September 1944, LT. Daniel H. Miner, USCG, in command
  • During World War II LST-784 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Twenty-Five, CAPT. H.E. Richter USN (24);
     LST Group Seventy-Five, CDR. G. W. Stringer USN (28);
     LST Division One Hundred Fifty and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 4 March 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 April to 10 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-784 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 9 to 24 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, 29 March 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Named USS Garfield County (LST-784), 1 July 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LST-784 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    LST-784 460k USS LST-784 loaded with pontoon causeways, moored at Intrepid Point T.H. with two unidentified LSTs, date unknown. Raymond Cvetovich, Ph.D.
    LSM-242 121k Aerial view of the Iwo Jima beachhead, circa February 1945. Ships that can be identified include;
    USS LST-715,
    USS LST-790,
    USS LST-724,
    USS LST-224,
    USS LST-784 and
    USS LST-779.
    LSM's include;
    USS LSM-242,
    USS LSM-140,
    USS LSM-47, and
    USS LSM-43.
    LCTs include;
    LCT-892, and
    LCT-1029,
    The one lone LCI that is identifiable is LCI(L)-1077.
    USMC photo # 110582    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LST-784 153k USS LST-784 at anchor in San Francisco Bay, CA., circa late 1945.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo NH 79588. Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 Mike Smolinski
    USS LST-784 / USS Garfield County (LST-784)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Miner, Daniel H., USCG1 September 1944 - 15 January 1945
    02LT. Jackson, K. L., USCG15 January 1946 - 29 March 1946
    03LTjg. Hough, Fred R., USN29 March 1946 - 6 July 1946
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    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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