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USS LST-828

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Mike - Zulu
NHMZ

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, 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)

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During World War II USS LST-828 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, 29 April to 27 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-828 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
12 September to 3 October 1945
18 October 1945 to 4 January 1946

Final Disposition, stripped and hulk destroyed, 7 May 1947 in the Marianas

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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
1016082804	55k	Mrs. Terilo Hammond christening of LST-828 during the launching ceremony at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville IN. shipyard, 22 November 1944. She is the donor's aunt. Her attendant is Madeline Kinney. Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection		Tommy Trampp
1016082805	61k	Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Kinney and LST-828 launching guests at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville IN. shipyard, 22 November 1944. Left to right are: Jean Ahleman (Katherine Feagley's Mother), Madelyn Kinney (Terilo Hammond's Attendant), Gus Ahleman (Katherine Feagley's step father), Terilo Hammond (Katherine Feagley's Aunt - the one who christening the ship), and Marritta Rudisill (Katherine Feagley's Aunt) Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection		Tommy Trampp
1016082802	53k	USS LST-828 commissioning ceremony, 13 December 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville IN. C.W. Forbery of Missouri Valley Bridge $ Iron Co., delivering the ship to the U.S. Navy. Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. photo from USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection		Tommy Trampp
1016082803	63k
1016082801	92k	USS LST-828 underway sometime after World War II, date and location unknown US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84698.		US Naval History and Heritage Command
	885k	Aerial view of ships berthed at Mare Island, 8 February 1946. Left (inboard to outboard): USS LST-1134, USS LST-828, USS LST-1088, USS LST-1120 and YOS-1. Right (inboard to outboard): USS General William Mitchell (AP-114), USS General G. M. Randall (AP-115), YD-33 and what appears to be YC-293.		Darryl Baker

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USS LST-828
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Trenbeth, Richard P., USNR	13 December 1944 - 26 August 1945
02	LTjg. Farwell Jr., Frank B., USNR	26 August 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Comfort, Thomas E., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	LT. Bayless, Terry Sinclair, USNR	June 1946 - 22 April 1947

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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