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USS LST-1001

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Papa
NVQZ

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)

542-Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 18 April 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Launched; 26 May 1944

Commissioned, USS LST-1001, 20 June 1944, LCDR. G. C. Masterson, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-1001 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 5 May to 18 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-1001 assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 8 to 15 September 1945

Decommissioned, 26 February 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to the New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, IL., 23 October 1947

USS LST-1001 earned one battle star for World War II service

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
161k	From left to right; *LCT-1439, USS LST-1001* and *LST-1059* beached at Okinawa in 1945-46, after hostilities have ended.	Donn Cuson
62k	From left to right; USS LST-1001, USS LST-727 and USS LST-172 moored at Hawaii, 1945	Photo by Lawrence (Larry) LaFlamme GM/2c
62k	USS LST-1001 underway, date and location unknown.	Tony Mastadonna

USS LST-1001
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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

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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