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USS LST-395

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Hotel - Sierra
NCHS

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

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During World War II USS LST-395 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Eight, CAPT. E. Watts, USN;
LST Group Twenty-Three, CDR. T.C. Linthicum, USN;
LST Division Forty-Five and
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G. B. Carter, USN
LST Group Thirteen, CDR R.W. Lejeunesse, USN
LST Division Twenty-Six and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
New Georgia Group operations New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 July 1943 Vella Lavella occupation, 15 and 21 August 1943	Western New Guinea operations Biak Island operation, 28 to 31 May 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 4 August and 6 to 12 August 1944
Treasury-Bougainville operation Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 6 and 17 November 1943	Borneo operations Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 9 July 1945
Hollandia operation, 21 to 28 April 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 September 1947, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD., and subsequently scrapped

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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
	50k	USS LST-395 beached, date and location unknown.		Casey O'Conner
	168k	A bulldozer pulls a heavy field piece from the hold of USS LST-395 while beached at Rendova, Solomon Islands after the Marines landed and pushed the Japanese off the island, circa July 1943. US Marine Corps photo.		Steve Millhouse for his father Boyd Millhouse USS LST-395
1016039503	205k	USS LST-395 beached at Middleburg Island, Dutch New Guinea, 1 August 1944, while the 836th US Army Engineers unload their heavy equipment to be used in the construction of a landing strip on the island. US National Archives - US Army Air Corps photo 68161 A.C.		Jason Post

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USS LST-395
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT./LCDR. Forbes, Alexander Cochrane, USNR	19 December 1942 - 30 August 1944
02	LT. Paddon, Roy Bell,USN	30 August 1944 - December 1944
03	LTjg./LT. Saale, Charles W., USNR	December 1944 - November 1945
04	LTjg./LT. Woods, Thomas J., USNR	November 1945 - March 1946
05	ENS. Larson Jr., Oscar M., USNR	March 1946 - 10 April 1946

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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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944
LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
History of LST Flotilla Seven
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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