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Lost to enemy action, 15 August 1944

USS LST-282

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Foxtrot - Oscar
NFFO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 12 July 1943, at American Bridge Co, Ambridge, PA,

Launched, 3 October 1943

Commissioned USS LST 282, 12 November 1943, LT. Lawrence E. Gilbert USNR in command

During World War II USS LST-282 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
European-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25June 1944	Invasion of southern France, August 1944

Sunk by a German radio-controlled bomb off southern France 15 August 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 September 1944

USS USS LST-282 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
	61k	USS LST-282 on the Mississippi River, 2 November 1943	Tom Aubut LST 282 web site
	39k	USS LST-282 departing from England for Normandy, June 1944 US National Archives image	Bill Brinkley
	81k	USS LST-282 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 1944	Tom Aubut LST 282 web site
	113k	USS LST-282 off loading vehicles onto an LCT, for transfer to a Normandy beach, 15 June 1944. View looks from inside the LST toward the LCT's well deck. Taken by Navy Combat Photo Unit Eleven (CPU-11). US National Archives photo # 80-G-253136 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	36k	USS LST-282 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, in June 1944	LST Home Port
	156k	LCT carrying Jeeps to the Normandy beach, after offloading them from USS LST-282, in the background, 15 June 1944. Note engine breather tubes on the Jeeps, for fording the water between the LCT and the shore, and the bow ramp being raised on the LST. Jeeps have U.S. flags afixed to their windshields. Taken by Combat Photo Unit Eleven (CPU-11). US National Archives photo # 80-G-253138 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval History and Heritage Command
No. 3	43k	USS LST-282 sinking at St Raphael southern France, 15 August 1944 after being hit by a German radio guided bomb.	No.3-Tom Aubut USS LST-282 web site No. 6 through 10 Gerd Matthes
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	120k	The abandoned hulk of USS LST-282 on the beach at St Raphael southern France, date unknown	Sue Bolen
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	212k	USS LST-282 lies burned out and sunk off Cape Dramont, 18 August 1944. During the invasion of southern France USS LST-282 was hit by a German guided bomb on 15 August. US National Archives photo # SC 246993 a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval History and Heritage Command