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USS LST-942

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Tango - Victor
NVTV

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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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

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During World War II USS LST-942 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign

Campaign and Dates
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Visayan Islands landings, 16 to 18 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-942 performed occupation duty in the Far East for the following periods:

Occupation Service

Dates	Dates
2 to 29 September 1945	17 to 31 December 1945
28 October to 28 November1945	30 January to 23 February 1946

USS LST-942 earned one battle star for World War 11 service

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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
	94k	USS LST-942 underway soon after completion, circa late 1944. LST-942 is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 8L or Design 18L. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-2239 (Color), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Robert Hurst
	189k	From right to left USS LST-942, USS LST-614, USS LST-757, USS LST-668 and two unidentified LSTs beached at Waterhole, Hollandia, date unknown.		Carol Hawk for her father-in-law Judson L Hawk, Jr. RM3/c LCT 1332

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USS LST-942
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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