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USS LST-826

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Lima - Oscar
NHLO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 6 October 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 14 November 1944

Commissioned USS-LST-826, 7 December 1944

During World War II USS LST-826 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 May to 7 June 1945

Following the war, USS LST-826 was assigned to Occupation service from 2 September to 3 December 1945

Grounded at Okinawa, declared to be beyond economical salvage, 9 October 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold in May or November 1947, to the Oklahoma-Philippines Co., for scrapping

In November 1945 CNO directed that the hulk be sunk or destroyed, but this was not done and she became one of around

15 Okinawa typhoon wrecks that were finally sold for scrap in two batches in May and November 1947 by the State Department's

Foreign Liquidations Commission. USS LST-826 and a sister, USS LST-823, along with USS Nestor (ARB-6), three floating docks and some

smaller craft, were included in the May batch and were purchased by the Oklahoma-Philippines Co. in what was referred to as the

"Berry sale." The date of her scrapping is not known.

USS LST-826 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

Size	Image Description	Source
95k	USS LST-826 moored, date and location unknown.	Howard Longstreth for his father Howard R. Longstreth Sr. F1/c, USS LST-826
71k	USS LST-826 at anchor off Okinawa, with *LCT-1423* lashed to her main deck, 1945.	Howard Longstreth for his father Howard R. Longstreth Sr. F1/c, USS LST-826
49k	USS LST-826 at anchor off Okinawa, with *LCT-1423* lashed to her main deck, 1945.	Howard Longstreth for his father Howard R. Longstreth Sr. F1/c, USS LST-826
80k	USS LST-826 off Okinawa in 1945. Photo by James Rowan EM3, USS PCER-855	Rick Rowan
61k	USS LST-826 at anchor off Okinawa. Smoke pots on the stern of LCVPs were used to draw a protective screen around U.S. ships at anchor. US Navy photo from "All Hands" Magazine, August 1945 issue.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
77k	USS LST-826 moored, date and location unknown.	Howard Longstreth for his father Howard R. Longstreth Sr. F1/c, USS LST-826
60k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.	Tom Smith
53k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.	Tom Smith
42k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.	Tom Smith
75k	USS LST-826 at Okinawa 7 November 1945 after being grounded by Typhoon "Louise" on 9 October 1945. US Navy photo	Howard Longstreth for his father Howard R. Longstreth Sr. F1/c, USS LST-826
87k	Wrecks in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, November 1945 Photographed about a month after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. The vessel in the center of the photograph is USS YP-520, originally the tuna clipper *Conte Grande. To the right is USS Cinnabar* (IX-163), a concrete-hulled stores issue barge. Above Cinnabar** is the after portion of USS LST-826, and in the distance beyond USS YP-520 are *YF-606* (on the left) and *YF-626. US Navy photo # NH 105659* from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008.	Marc Levine