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Lost to enemy action, 14 August 1944 off Bristol, England
USS LST-921
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Alpha - Charlie
NKAC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (14 August 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Personal Awards
Navy Marine Corps Medal - Ensign Don F. Joost, USNR; Purple Hearts - 100 (KIA - 43 [2 officers, 41 enlisted, WIA - 57 (5 officers 52 enlisted]
542-Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 1 May 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.
Launched, 2 June 1944
Commissioned USS LST-921, 23 June 1944, LTjg. John Edge USNR, in command
USS LST-921 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater Convoy HX 301
Torpedoed by German Submarine U-667 off the channel entrance to Bristol, England, 14 August 1944, towed to port and stripped
Decommissioned, 29 September 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 14 October 1944
Final Disposition, hulk disposed of, date unknown
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
7 officers, 104 enlisted
Troop Accommodations
16 officers, 147 enlisted
Boats 4 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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USS LST-921
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