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USS LST(H)-871
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USS LST-871 (1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Uniform - Xray NIUX

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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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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Following World War II USS LST-871 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
22 to 30 September 1945
25 October 1945 to 28 February 1946
14 April to 4 May 1946

Final Disposition, sold for commercial operation, 30 June 1948, to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, TX.

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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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	327k	Ten LSTs moored at the Yonabaru Pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945. From right to left: USS LST-819, USS LST-879, USS LST-681, USS LST-926, USS LST-944, ? USS LST-715, USS LST-918, USS LST-871, ? ? US Navy photo 21st USNCB Neg. No. 204.		Donn Cuson
	88k	LST-871 beached at Truk Island, 6 February 1946.		Carol Simpson for Richard M. Powell S1/c USS LST-871, 9 January 1945 to 15 June 1946.

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USS LST-871
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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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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