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USS LST-466


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Romeo - Victor
 NFRV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 14 October 1942, at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA.
  • Launched, 18 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST 466, 1 March 1943
  • During World War II USS LST-466 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Guinea operation
    Lae occupation, September 1943
    Saidor occupation, January 1944     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, October 1944
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943 and February 1944
    Admiralty Islands landings, February and March 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing-January 1945
    Hollandia operation, April and May 1944 Borneo operation
    Tarakan Island operation, April and May 1945
    Balikpapan operation, June and July 1945
    Western New Guinea operations
    Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944
    Biak Island operation, May and June 1944
    Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944
    Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944     		.

  • Following World War II USS LST-466 performed occupation duty in the Far East in October 1945 and saw service in China in November and December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 8 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 4 June 1948 to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York, N.Y. and subsequently scrapped
  • USS LST-466 earned seven battle stars 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
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed
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    LCI(L)-339 121k Australian troops disembark from USS LST-458, USS LCI(L)-339 and in the far distance USS LST-466 an other LSTs at Lae New Guinea, circa 1 to 4 September 1943.USS LCI(L)-339 was lost due to enemy air attack on 4 September while at Lae.
    US National Archives photo #54378.    		 Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LST-466 56k USS LST-466 heads towards the beach at Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, May 1944, B.W. Long, Coxswain, USCG directs incoming LSTs to their beaching positions with semaphore signals. Contributed by Wes Stone, Lusby, MD. in memory of the men who trained at the USNATB Solomons, MD.
    LST-466 1334k USS LST-456 (closest) and USS LST-466 load Amphibious tanks of the 6th Div. Recon. Troops at Mafflin Bay, New Guinea, 26 July 1944, in preparation for the invasion of Cape Sansapor during the Western New Guinea operation.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 267881 by PVT Martin, originally Southwest Pacific Area Signal Corps photo # SWPA-SIGC-44-2142    		 Dave Kerr
    LST-466 142k USS LST-466 underway and alongside USS Harrison (DD-573), returning from the Leyte invasion bound for Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, between 21 and 27 October 1944. Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
    LST-466 52k Commanding Officer LT. Joseph P Witherspoon (circled) and the crew of USS LST-466, date and location unknown. LST Homeport web site
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    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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