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USS LST-911

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Papa - Mike
NVPM

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Leyte, Luzon)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

542-Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 28 February 1944, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.

Launched, 12 April 1944

Commissioned USS LST 911, 14 May 1944, LTjg. Earl. H. Clark, USN in command

During World War II USS LST-911 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Eight, Capt E. Watts, USN;
LST Group Twenty-Three, CDR. T.C. Linthicum, USN;
LST Division Forty-Five and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Western New Guinea operations Morotai landings, 15 September 1944	Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 5 to 18 November 1944	Borneo operation; Balikpapan operation, 28 June to 10 July 1945
Luzon operations Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 17 January 1945

Following World War II USS LST-911 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
28 September to 25 October 1945
16 November 1945 to 18 April 1946

Decommissioned, 24 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946

USS LST-911 earned five battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 September 1947, to the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, WA.

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
62k	*LST-911* launching, 12 April 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	Karl Petersen
54k	*LST-911* immediately after launching, 12 April 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.	Karl Petersen
80k	USS LST-911 beached at Morotai Island, Dutch East Indies while unloading trucks, October 1944.	Karl Petersen
60k	USS LST-911 unloading RAAF No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron at Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 December 1944. Leading the way is Aircraftman H.Quick of Exeter, SA, five minutes after the ship hit the beachhead. Australian War Memorial, Photo No.OG1898.	Mike Green
125k	USS LST-911 beached. Some crew members on the beach in front of their ship, date and location unknown.	Karl Petersen
105k	USS LST-911 (far left) beached along with USS LST-562*, LST-613* and an unidentified LST, date and location unknown.	Karl Petersen
59k	USS LST-911 along with two additional LSTs unloading vehicles across the beach, date and location unknown.	Karl Petersen
86k	USS LST-911 entering San Francisco Bay, 14 May 1946.	Scott Molski

USS LST-911 Commissioning Pamphlet

USS LST-911
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Clark, Earl H. USN	14 May 1944 - March 1945
02	LTjg. Saffield, Marion T., USNR	March 1945 - January 1946
03	LTjg. Bomfield, Geoffrey W., USNR	January 1946 - 1 March 1946
04	LTjg. Van Wagoner Jr., J. R., USNR	1 March 1946 - 16 March 1946
05	LTjg. Gray, Albert E., USN	16 March 1946 - 24 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST-911 and other units of TU 96 Voyage Orders from Yokohama to Pearl Harbor, 12 April 1946
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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