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USS LST-1010

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Oscar - Oscar NKOO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS LST-1010 was transferred to South Korea and named ROKS Un Bong (LST-807)

542-Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 22 February 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 29 March 1944

Commissioned USS LST 1010, 25 April 1944, LT. R. B. Cook USNR in command

During World War II USS LST-1010 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Invasion of southern France, 15 to 16 August 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 30 May to 22 June 1945

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-1010 came under the command of LT. Millard L. Fisk USNR and was assigned to:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven, CAPT. Riley
LST Group One Hundred Nine, CDR. E. W. Wilson USNR
LST Division Two Hundred-Eighteen

"USS LST-1010 departed Okinawa for the Philippines arriving at Leyte, 27 June 1945. While in the Philippines she serviced several other islands, including Mindoro and Luzon. The ship then departed for Okinawa arriving 4 August 1945 and returning to the Philippines, 17 August. While at Batangas Bay, Luzon the ship was informed that the war had ended. LST-1010 sailed for Japan, 6 September 1945, for occupation duty returning to the Philippines in November and then back to Japan. A short occupation occurred in Korea in May 1946 and then back to Japan through June 16, 1946." Contributed by Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010 and Robert Jolly USS LST 268 and USS LST 1010.

Following World War II USS LST-1010 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 9 September 1945 to 19 January 1946

Decommissioned and transferred to the US Army, 4 April 1947

Returned to Navy custody, 1 March 1950

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Transferred to South Korea, 22 March 1955, named ROKS Un Bong (LST-807)

Side number changed to LST-671, 1 June 1978

Struck from the US Naval Register, 15 November 1974

Decommissioned by the Republic of Korea Navy in 2005

Current Disposition, on display at Gimpo Marine Park, Seoul, South Korea

USS LST-1010 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST 1010
	93k	USS LST-1010 beached on a ramp at Civitivecchia, Italy while loading RAF equipment in July 1944, bound for Corsica.	Gordon Rae for his father Roy Rae RAF 111th Squadron, 324 Wing)
1016101102	160k	USS LST 1011 and USS LST-1010 in the Port of Oran, Algeria, loading for the invasion of Southern France, circa August 1944.	Robert Wiersema from the estate of Percy J. Egge, GM2 USS LST-1011
	54k	*LCT-581* being loaded onto the deck of USS LST-1010 at Portsmouth, VA. in March 1945.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	41k	USS LST-1010 at Okinawa in May 1945 while carrying *LCT 581*.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	41k	*LCT-581* being slid off the deck of USS LST-1010 at Okinawa in June 1945.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	29k	USS LST-1010 deck force chipping and painting the main deck under canvas under a blistering sun, somewhere in the Pacific, 1945.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	74k	USS LST-1010 alongside a repair ship to repair damage caused by collision with USS LSM-24 in Tokyo Bay, 18 September 1945. Art Aregoni is standing in the hole which was part of the damage caused by *LSM-24* ramming *LST-1010*.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	41k	USS LST-1010 in the Philippines, location unknown, circa November 1945.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	9k	USS LST-1010 beached at Guadalcanal, circa May 1946 or later.	LST Home Port web site
ROKS Un Bong (LST-807 / LST-671)
	60k	Ex-USS LST-1010 at anchor, in South Korean service as *ROKS Un Bong* (LST-807). Note side number had not yet been changed to 671**. This photo was probably taken just after she was turned over to the Korean government, most likely at San Diego, CA.	Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
	89k	*ROKS Un Bong* (LST-807)** beached near Nahari, east coast of South Korea in March 1976.	Jae-yeol Lee
	89k	*ROKS Un Bong* (LST-671)**'s final resting place Gimpo Marine Park, Gimpo, South Korea. Photo by Don Abata	Art Aregoni USS LST 1010
1016101023	115k	*ROKS Un Bong* (LST-807)** at Gimpo Marine Park, 27 July 2013. Photo taken by Chong Dae.	Robert Hurst

For more photos and information about USS LST-1010, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Division Photos and Crew Roster as of 1 December 1945, Courtesy Art Aregoni USS LST-1010
Final Resting Place for U.S. Navy Amphibious Ship LST 1010
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Cook, R. B., USNR	25 April 1944 - November 1944
02	LT. Plumer, Leonidas, N., USNR	November 1944 - February 1945
03	LT. Fisk, Millard L., USNR	February 1945 - January 1946
04	LTjg. Brown Jr., Samuel D., USNR	January 1946 - March 1946
05	LTjg. Taylor, H. C., USNR	March 1946 - July 1946
06	LT. West, Reid Russell, USN	July 1946 - 4 April 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Ships Contact

Name: Arthur B. Aregoni

Email Address: dotart@fast-air.net

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