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USS LST-125

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Whiskey - November
NYWN

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

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During World War II USS LST-125 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater;
For the Marianas, Luzon and Leyte;
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN;
LST Group Fifteen, CDR. V. K. Busck, USN;
LST Division Thirty
For Okinawa;
LST Flotilla Three, CDR. A. A. Ageton USN (23);
LST Group Seven, LCDR. E. B. Garrigues;
LST Division Fourteen and participated in the following campaigns;

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 28 July 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen landings, 4 to 15 January 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 9 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-125 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 to 12 November 1945	22 December 1945 to 10 June 1946

Final Disposition, sunk as a target by naval gunfire, 14 August 1946

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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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	88k	Bow view of USS LST-125 underway departing Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 17 August 1945. LST-125 was under repair at the yard from 23 June to 20 August 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3026-8-45		Darryl Baker and Susan Bloom, for her father Matthew R. Bloom, MoMM2 USS LST-125 Courtesy Harry Urbach Gunners Mate USS LST-125
	80k	Stern view of USS LST-125 underway departing Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 17 August 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3024-8-45		Darryl Baker
	132k	USS LST-125 crew photo, Melvin Donner top left, date and location unknown.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	77k	USS LST-125 beached and unloading trucks at Guam in 1944.		Susan Bloom, for her father Matthew R. Bloom, MoMM2 USS LST-125 Courtesy Harry Urbach Gunners Mate USS LST-125
	49k	USS LST-125 date and location unknown.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	108k	USS LST-125 view looking aft from the forecastle toward the superstructure, date unknown.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	141k	USS LST-125 view looking forward from the superstructure toward the bow.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	102k	USS LST-125 view looking forward on the main deck toward the bow. The up ended boat appears to be one of the ships LCVPs.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	70k	USS LST-125, date and location unknown.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	99k	USS LST-125, date and location unknown.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	89k	USS LST-125 dropping a pontoon at the Leyte, October, 1944.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	89k	USS LST-125 bridge showing the two Japanese flags representing the two planes shot down and her nickname (Dragon Lady).		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	81k	USS LST-125 exchanging movies at sea with USS LST-20 (not shown), date unknown.		Denise Murphy for her father Denny Lewis Miller F1/c USS LST-20
	68k	USS LST-125 underway after a Mare Island refit, on 17 August 1945. By late in the war, upper decks had been cleared on LSTs. Bridges raised a level to clear top of a stowed LCT. Most 20 mm guns were replaced by 40s; the 3"/50 gun was replaced with a director-controlled twin 40 mm gun (another is right forward). The ship has surface-search radar at her masthead. Text and photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.		Robert Hurst
	46k	USS LST-125 conning tower.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy of Jack Silady USS LST-125
	75k	USS LST-125 crew photo at Shanghai, 6 March 1946.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125
	71k	USS LST-125 crew photo "Ship Control" at Shanghai, 10 March 1946.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Joe Avedisian USS LST-125
	56k	USS LST-125 and LST-505 at Shanghai, 6 March 1946.		Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner and Joe Avedisian USS LST-125

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Tenney, Jr., William R. USNR	29 September 1943 - 21 January 1945
02	LT. Moore, Charles S. V., USNR	21 January 1945 - ?

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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For more photos and information about USS LST-125, see: LST-125 News Release History Deck Log for 5 to 11 January 1944 (Lingayen Gulf) Deck Log for 15 to 18 June 1944 LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944 USS LST-125 War Diary, June 1944 LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944 Deck Log for 19 to 24 October 1944 (Leyte) Action Report for 15 to 18 June 1944 Action Report for 7 January 1944 Action Report for 27 February 1945 to 4 April 1945 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships LST Home Port State LST Chapters United States LST Association

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