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USS LST-926

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Oscar - Yankee
NVOY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 13 May 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.

Launched, 24 June 1944

Commissioned USS LST-926, 20 July 1944, LT. Floyd H. Gould USN in command

During World War II USS LST-926 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

For the Okinawa Gunto operation USS LST-926 was assigned to:
LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw;
LST Group Sixteen, LCDR. J. T. Brugger USNR;
LST Division Thirty-Two

Following World War II USS LST-926 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 20 October 1945 to 26 March 1946

Decommissioned, 14 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946

USS LST-926 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 June 1948, to Walter W. Johnson 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 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
60k	USS LST-926 center, USS LST-598 at left. and USS LST-826 at right beached, in the South Pacific, circa 1944-45.	Tom Smith for his father Howard C. Smith FC/2c USS LST-926
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521k	USS LST-926 and USS LST-758 loading out equipment and supplies of *Naval Construction Battalion, Seven* at Saipan, Marianas Islands, circa 12-15 April 1945. *LST-926, LST-758* and USS LST-895 transported the first echelon of the Battalion to Okinawa where they were offloaded, 1 May 1945. Photo from the Naval Construction Battalion Seven Cruisebook	LCDR Bob Johnson, USN (Ret)
505k		LCDR Bob Johnson, USN (Ret)
327k	Ten LSTs moored at the Yonabaru Pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945. From right to left: USS LST-819, USS LST-879, USS LST-681, USS LST-926, USS LST-944, ? USS LST-715, USS LST-918, USS LST-871, ? ? US Navy photo 21st USNCB Neg. No. 204.	Donn Cuson
64k	USS LST-926 crew hauling in a messenger line in order to conduct a hi-line or replenishment evolution, date and location unknown.	Tom Smith for his father Howard C. Smith FC/2c USS LST-926
134k	USS LST-926 under way in San Francisco Bay, CA., circa early 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79585. Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
289k	Finding of Facts pertinent to the 2 January 1946 fire and explosion at Gushikawa, Chimu Wan, Okinawa of *LCT-1414, LCT-560, LCT-891* and *LCT-785*. US Navy document from the collections of the US National Archives.	Joey Kelly
316k	Casualty list pertinent to the 2 January 1946 fire and explosion at Gushikawa, Chimu Wan, Okinawa of *LCT-1414, LCT-560, LCT-891* and *LCT-785. This list also includes casualties from nearby LSTs USS LST-926* and USS LST-783 US Navy letter from Commander NOB Okinawa to CINCPAC, dated 7 January 1946 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Joey Kelly

USS LST-926
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Gould, Floyd Howard, USN	20 July 1944 - 25 March 1945
02	LTjg. Bierdeman, William Richard, USNR	25 March 1945 - December 1945
03	LTjg. Schuman, Eugene S., USNR	December 1945 - 14 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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