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USS LST-795

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Zulu - India
NGZI

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)
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart - (LTjg. Graff, Donald A. WIA 15 February 1945, Iwo Jima)

USS LST-795 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 30 July 1944, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 9 September 1944

Commissioned USS LST-795, 9 October 1944, Lt. Melvin H. Jackson, USCGR, in command

During World War II USS LST-795 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-Nine, CAPT. C. H. Peterson USCG (25)
LST Group Eight-Six, CDR. W. B. Millington USCG (32)
LST Division One Hundred Seventy-Two and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 25 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-795 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 19 October 1945

Decommissioned, 29 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946

USS LST-795 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for commercial service, 31 October 1946, to the Suwannee Fruit and Steamship Co., Jacksonville, FL., 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
1016094402	402k	from left to right; USS LST-944, USS LST-477 and USS LST-795 moored Naval Station Pearl Harbor between 8 December 1944 and 22 January 1945 undergoing training during the build up for Operation Detachment, the Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945. TimeLife_Image_115948783, by W. Eugene Smith. For personal non-commercial use only.	David Upton
1016072407	350k	from left to right; *LCT-1245, USS LST-724, USS LST-944, USS LST-477* and USS LST-795 moored Naval Station Pearl Harbor between 8 December 1944 and 22 January 1945 undergoing training during the build up for Operation Detachment, the Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945. TimeLife_Image_115948775, by W. Eugene Smith. For personal non-commercial use only.	David Upton
	402k	USS LST-795 at anchor near Okinawa, circa 1945.	Tim Hughes for his father David C. Hughes USS LST-795
	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	Tim Hughes for his father David C. Hughes USS LST-795
1016079502	135k	USS LST-795 beached at Sesoko Beach on 1 August 1945 along with several other LSTs including USS LST-875 in the far distance. Coast Guard Heritage Museum, Di Rosario Collection.	Mike Green
1016079503	56k	USS LST-795 beached, probably at Sesoko Beach, August 1945. Photo from www.flickr.com by Bob Beaupre	Mike Green

USS LST-795
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Jackson, Melvin H. USCGR	9 October 1944 - 1 September 1945
02	LT. Shevlin, Thomas H. USCGR	1 September 1945 - 3 December 1945
03	LT. Walter, Stanley B. USCG	3 December 1945 - 4 February 1946
04	LTjg. Hadley, James A., USCG	4 February 1946 - 24 April 1946


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