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USS Hillsborough County (LST-827)
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USS LST-827 (1944 - 1955)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Mike - Juliet
NHMJ

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

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During World War II USS LST-827 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-Three, CAPT. W.W. Weeden Jr. USN;
LST Group Sixty-Eight, CDR. G. H. Dana USN (20);
LST Division One Hundred Thirty-Eight and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 20 May to 10 June 1945

During the Korean War USS LST-827 participated in the following campaign:

Korean War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
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

Final Disposition, sunk as a target in the Gulf of California, 15 August 1958

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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
USS LST-827
	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
	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
	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
	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
	10k	USS LST-827 and USS LST-1122 beached in Korea, 1951.		LST Home Port
	18k	USS LST-827 underway returning to the US from Korea, 1951.		LST Home Port
USS Hillsborough County (LST-827)
	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

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USS Hillsborough County (LST-827)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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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

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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