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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 20 May to 10 June 1945 |
Korean War Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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First UN Counter Offensive
19 March to 21 April 1951 | Third Korean Winter
5 to 10 July 1952 19 to 24 July 1952 5 to 23 August 1952 |
Communist China Spring Offensive
22 April 13 May 1951 |
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209k | USS LST-827 unloading LCT-1402 at Leyte in March 1945. LCT-1402 was loaded aboard LST-827 at New Orleans with a PT Boat in her well. Before LCT-1402 could be unloaded a cargo ship was secured alongside LST-827 and using her cargo booms lifted the PT Boat from the well of LCT-1402. This having been accomplished the unloading of LCT-1402 could commence. The first photo in the series shows LCT-1402 resting on the main deck of LST-827 | For the crew of LST-827, William "Bill" Starkey BM2/c USS LST-827 | |
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358k | LCT-1402 being launched over the side of USS LST-827 at Leyte in March 1945. Note the she is in mid-air. A rare photo. | For the crew of LST-827, William "Bill" Starkey BM2/c USS LST-827 | |
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352k | LCT-1402 is alongside USS LST-827 after being launched at Leyte in March 1945. This photo shows the shipways built on the deck of LSTs to haul LCTs. After launching an LCT the shipways were jettisoned and hauled to the beach. | For the crew of LST-827, William "Bill" Starkey BM2/c USS LST-827 | |
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311k | LCT-1402 is alongside USS LST-827 after being launched at Leyte in March 1945. | For the crew of LST-827, William "Bill" Starkey BM2/c USS LST-827 | |
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10k | USS LST-827 and USS LST-1122 beached in Korea, 1951. | LST Home Port | |
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18k | USS LST-827 underway returning to the US from Korea, 1951. | LST Home Port | |
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403k | USS LST-827 underway date and location unknown.
US National Archives photo # USN 1045618 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives photo |
Mike Smolinski |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Olander, Russell Leroy, USNR | 12 December 1944 - 15 July 1945 |
02 | LTjg. Teets, Barnard E., USNR | 15 July 1945 - March 1946 |
03 | LTjg. Miller, G. P., USN | March 1946 0 May 1946 |
04 | LTjg. Ball, Woodson Otis, USN | May 1946 - 7 June 1949 |
Decommissioned | 7 June 1949 - 3 November 1950 | |
05 | LT. Ruskey, S. G. | 3 November 1950 - 1952 |
06 | LT. Wiedinger, George William | 1952 |
07 | LCDR. Dallmann, Paul Hermann | no dates |
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