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USS LST-134

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right top to bottom
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 14 June 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 9 November 1943

Commissioned USS LST-134, 7 December 1943, LT. Edgar G. Curtin, USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-134 was assigned to both 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 Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 May to 30 June 1945
Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-134 came under the command of:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Nine, CAPT. D. H. Johnston USN (22);
LST Group One Hundred-Five, CDR. E. P Wilson USN (20);
LST Division Two Hundred-Nine

Following World War II USS LST-134 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
21 September to 2 October 1945
19 October to 20 December 1945
5 January to 17 February 1946

Decommissioned, 17 February 1946 and transferred to Commander Naval Forces Fare East (COMNAVFE), Naval Shipping Control Agency for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q064

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1947

USS LST-134 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 April 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Seattle, WA.

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 6 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	Source
	212k	*LST-134* launching, 9 November 1943, at at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL	Richelle Slater for her father Richard F. Ring C-MoMM USS LST-134
	23k	USS LST-134 with an LCT on her main deck. Inside the LCT is an LCM and inside the LCM is an LCVP. USS LST-134 was at anchor off Oran, Algeria, date unknown.	Richelle Slater for her father Richard F. Ring C-MoMM USS LST-134
	38k	USS LST-134's top deck looking aft loaded with equipment, date and location unknown.	Richelle Slater for her father Richard F. Ring C-MoMM USS LST-134
	128k	USS LST-134 in the background, as a US Army CCKW 2 ½-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun prepares to be loaded onto an unidentified LST prior to the Normandy invasion, circa early June 1944. US Army, Photo No. unknown	Mike Green
	89k	A GMC CCKW 2½ ton 6X6 truck reverses into the hold of USS LST-134 circa, early June 1944, while loading for the invasion of Normandy in an English port. US Army, Photo No. unknown	Yu Chu
	923k	USS LST-134 beached at Normandy while unloading during low tide,12 June 1944. Note barrage balloons overhead providing protection from air attack. US Navy photo # 80-G-252798 from the collections of the US National Archives.	David Kerr
	1209k	USS LST-134 and USS LST-325 beached at Normandy, 12 June 1944, as jeeps driving along the invasion beach carry casualties to the waiting LSTs. The LSTs will bring the casualties back to Britain for hospitalization. US Navy photo # 80-G-252777 from the collections of the US National Archives.	David Kerr
80-G-252778	356k	USS LST-134 beached at Normandy, 12 June 1944, as jeeps driving along the invasion beach carry casualties to the waiting ship. *LST-134* carried the casualties back to Britain for hospitalization. US Navy. photos # 80-G-252778 (colorized by Jordan Lloyd), 80-G-252786 and 80-G-252785 from the collections of the US National Archives.	David Kerr (1016013402 and 1016013405), Wolfgang Hechler (1016013401)
80-G-252786	1097k
80-G-252785	1378k
	528k	USS LST-50 probably at anchor off of Okinawa, circa June 1945. The LCVP in the foreground is probably from USS LST-134.	Steve Franklin for W.B. Wendt USS Bottineau
	51k	USS LST-134 view looking forward while under way bound for Wakayama, circa 1945.	Richelle Slater for her father Richard F. Ring C-MoMM USS LST-134

USS LST-134
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Curtin, Edgar G., USNR	7 December 1943 - 1945
02	LT. Shrewsbury, William J., USNR	1945 - 17 February 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Richard F. Ring Photo Collection
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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