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  Encyclopedia: USS Litchfield (DD-336)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft).
USS Farragut DD-300 The second Farragut (DD-300) was a Clemson-class destroyer laid down by the Union Iron Works Plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at San Francisco in California on 4 July 1918, launched on 21 November 1918 by Mrs.
The fourth USS Somers (DD-301) was a Clemson-class destroyer engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 1920 until she was scrapped under the London Disarmament Treaty in 1930.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USS-Litchfield-%28DD_336%29   (5152 words)

  
 Tank landing ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Such a high priority was assigned to the construction of LSTs that the keel of an aircraft carrier, previously laid in the dock, was hastily removed to make place for several LSTs to be built in her stead.
The keel of the first LST was laid down on 10 June 1942 at Newport News, Va., and the first standardized LSTs were floated out of their building dock in October.
Although the LST was considered a valuable target by the enemy, only 26 were lost due to enemy action, and a mere 13 were the victims of weather, reef, or accident.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tank_landing_ship   (2224 words)

  
 USS LST-715 USS DeKalb County - WWII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Following shakedown training and a yard availability, the LST was sent to the Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal and on 1 January 1945 she was attached to LST Group 61, LST flotilla 21 and anchored in Pearl Harbor.
With the USS LST 42 in tow, she departed from Iwo Jima on 3 March 1945 and arrived at Saipan five days later where she remained until 8 April conducting training operations and making ship-board repairs.
The LST was transferred to the U.S. Army to be used as a cargo carrier on 28 June 1946 and she was stricken from the Naval Registry on 29 September 1947.
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 USS Ashland (LSD-1) Log Book February 1963
SOPA and OTC is CTG 44.2 embarked in USS FREMONT (APA 44).
SOPA and OTC is CTU 44.2.4 in USS FORT MANDAN (LSD-21).
USS FORT MANDAN (LSD-21) reversed course to proceed to rendezvous with USS WALDO COUNTY (LST-1163).
ussashland.org /60folder/mar1963.htm   (3748 words)

  
 Design
The LST was designed to ground evenly (from bow to stern) on a beach with a slope of about one-foot for every fifty-feet (the design gradient).
The first LSTs were designed with an elevator to carry equipment between the tank deck and the main deck.
The LSTs were actually loaded for ocean passage to as much as 1,600 tons on the tank deck, and 300 tons on the main deck, and resulted in 33.3 tons per inch of immersion.
www.insidelst.com /design.htm   (844 words)

  
 History of the USS LST 519   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Placed in partial commission status at Seneca on 8 February, the LST 519 proceeded down the Illinois River into the Mississippi River and down to the Naval base at Algiers, Louisiana, directly across from New Orleans where she was fully commissioned on 17 February 1944.
The 519 was one of several LSTs that served as mother-ships to small boat crews who operated LCMs and LCVPs as liberty boats for the fleet anchored in the harbor.
On 15 July 1946, the LST 519 was transferred to the Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier for duty as a disposal vessel of defective and obsolete munitions.
home.jinko.com /ww2LST/history.htm   (1069 words)

  
 Tank landing ship - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The preliminary plans initially called for an LST 280 feet (85 m) in length; but, in January 1942, the Bureau of Ships discarded these drawings in favor of specifications for a ship 290 feet long.
Within a month, final working plans were developed which further stretched the overall length to 328 feet (100 m) and called for a 50-foot (15 m) beam and minimum draft of 3.8 feet (1.2 m).
By January 1942, the first scale model of the LST had been built and was undergoing tests at the David Taylor Model Basin in Washington, D.C. Production
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/LST   (2253 words)

  
 eagle30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
USS MONTGOMERY diverts a freighter in the N. Red Sea.
USS MISSISSIPPI diverts a freighter in the N. Red Sea.
The USS MISSOURI explosive ordnance disposal team retrieves/detonates another anti-ship contact mine in the Arabian Gulf USS OLDENDORF (DD-972) and USS TRENTON (LPD-14) team boarded/inspected IBN KHALDOON, and after determining Iraqi flagged cargo ship was no longer carrying prohibited cargo, vessel was cleared to proceed to stated destination Basrah, Iraq.
www.odssa.com /Eagle/eagle30.htm   (1147 words)

  
 USS LST-522 [Page 3]
U.S.S. The preliminary plans initially called for an LST 280 feet in length; but in January 1942, the Bureau of Ships discarded these drawings in favor of specifications for a ship 290 feet long.
The keel of the first LST was laid down on 10 June 1942 at Newport News, Virginia.
Although the enemy considered the LST a valuable target, only 26 were lost due to enemy action.
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 USS Ashland (LSD-1) January 1963
OTC and SOPA is CTF 61 in USS FREMONT (APA-44).
USS D. FOX (DDR-829) and USS MOALE (DD-693), units of TG 61.3 arrived in AOA and anchored in assigned anchorages.
SOPA and OTC is CTF 61 embarked in USS FREMONT (APA-44).
ussashland.org /60folder/jan1963.htm   (5745 words)

  
 Treasure Island
The LST crews were then sent to Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, Calif. near the northern end of San Francisco Bay.
Mare Island was a major naval repair base and while we were there, several cruisers were having battle damage repaired, and the destroyer USS Lavalette was in dry dock with a huge hole in her engine room, the result of being hit by a Japanese torpedo.
The USS LST 481 was commissioned at 1:45 PM on May 15, 1943, Lieutenant George McGuire, USN, in command, and our Sea Duty officially began.
webpages.charter.net /rharper2018/training.htm   (6036 words)

  
 LST282 Guestbook 1996-2002
I was aboard the lst 492 on Aug 15 1944.
LST 376 was sunk by an E-boat torpedo in the early morning hours of June 8, returning from Omaha Beach.
He served in that capacity on convoy duty in the Atlantic, through the D-Day landings during which the LST 280 landed British troops on Gold Beach, and was on the ship when it was torpedoed in the Channel on the night of June 15, 1944.
www.landingship.com /282/guestlog1996-2002.htm   (5756 words)

  
 History of The USS Tuscaloosa County (LST-1187)
Thereafter the LST continued routine operations during this WestPac deployment before returning to the west coast of the United States on 17 November 1975.
She conducted another deployment to the western Pacific during the period 29 March to 17 November 1977 and spent the period 3 February to 10 December 1978 in regular overhaul at San Diego.
The USS Tuscaloosa was decommissioned 18 February 1994 and transferred to the Venezuelan Navy.
www.mrfa.org /lst_1187.htm   (1076 words)

  
 USS Ashland (LSD-1) July 1953
2205 USS ATKA (AGB.3) detached, proceeding to Thule, Greenland.
Steaming in company with USS EDISTO (AGB-2) in ice free area 10 miles East of Cape Warwick, Resolution Island while waiting for improvement in ice conditions of Sorry Harbor, before proceeding into Sorry Harbor to load cargo in accordance with verbal orders of CTG Boilers #1 and #2 are on the line.
Steaming in company with USS EDISTO (AGB-2) proceeding from Sorry Harbor, Resolution Island, to join remainder of TG 150.3 which is lying to approximately 20 miles East of Cape Warwick, Resolution Island.
www.ussashland.org /50folder/jul1953.htm   (7265 words)

  
 USS Ashland (LSD-1) August 1953
Steaming in column formation with USS LST-5O3, USNS NODAWAY and SS MONROE VICTORY in the general area East of Cape Warwick, Resolution Island waiting for ice conditions to improve in Frobisher Bay before proceeding from Sorry Harbor, Resolution Island to Koojesse Inlet, Frobisher Bay in accordance with CTF 150 Verbal orders.
Commenced forming in column formation, this vessel close astern of the USS LST-503, which is close astern of the USS STATEN ISLAND (AGB-5), preparatory to passing through ice fields.
USS ASHLAND (LSD-1) proceeding to work her way without ice breaker assistance through more open water with ice of six-tenths coverage, to the south of the USS STATEN ISLAND (AGB-5) and USS LST-503.
www.ussashland.org /50folder/aug1953.htm   (8189 words)

  
 USS POLLUX AKS-2 and AKS-4
Shortly after reporting aboard the USS POLLUX he was promoted to CSK (SKC) because of his former military experience as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and his longshore experience.
His career naval highlight was being a plank owner of the USS Arkansas and as Command Master Chief of the USS San Diego.
Chuck was a FA on the POLLUX and retired in 1967 as a BTC.
www.usspollux.com /shipmatebios.html   (19773 words)

  
 Disposition of Target Vessels at Operation Crossroads
As of 1993, the USS Preserver was still on active duty as a salvage ship, assigned to the Naval Reserve Training Facility at Little Creek outside Norfolk.
Catron (APA-71): Sunk in the Marshall Islands by gunfire of the USS
USS Saratoga Cv-3 : An Illustrated History of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier 1927-1946 by John Fry [If you want a beautiful book on the Saratoga, buy this.
www.bikiniatoll.com /Ships.html   (1618 words)

  
 LST325 Proud Voyage
When WW II ended most of the LST's were scrapped, modified, or given to Navies of other countries.
The LST Association has fought since the 1980s to repatriate it.
Track 256, steering 280 mag., SOA 8.5 kt, Sea state 2 to 4, Wind force 3, Swell direction 330, wind dir.
www.cargolaw.com /presentations_lst325.html   (5494 words)

  
 Boyd WWII Diary - part 5 of 20
From the ship's log of the USS PETROF BAY (CVE-80): "The ship then proceeded to Majuro, arriving 3 May and rejoined Task Force 58 after its successful strike on Truk.
There, she unloaded all planes and most aviation spares and materiel and took on duds, planes in need of major overhaul, and salvage equipment.
From the log of the USS CHARRETTE (DD-581): "She supported the carriers in their strikes on Guam, Saipan, and Rota 11 through 14 June, then turned north for strikes against the aircraft massed on Iwo Jima for attacks against the American landings on Saipan.
pages.cthome.net /boyd544/Diary05.htm   (1467 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - USS LST-280 (Landing ship)
The USS LST-280 earned one battle star for her participation in the Normandy landings.
On 11 Apr, 1946, the landing ship was returned to the US Navy and was decommissioned two days later.
At 08.03 hours on 15 Jun, 1944, the USS LST-280, in a convoy of landing ships, was hit by a Gnat from U-621 off St.Malo, Normandy.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Benjamin J Petrusek 504-887-1467 4209 James Dr Metairie, LA 70003-1321 LST 280 Mr.
Kenneth Curry 309-963-4642 RR 2 Danvers IL 61732-9802 LST 610 Mr.
Martin 502-491-3615 8704 Sonora Tr 73562.3176@compuserve.com Jeffersontown, KY 40299-1334 LST 779 Mr.
vets.com /alumni/navy/usn-lst.txt   (1565 words)

  
 USS Tulsa
She departed the bay on 8 January 1944, with a fuel barge in tow, en route to Cape Cretin.
There, she joined HMAS Arunta, USS LST-45S, and SS Mulera, to serve as headquarters ship for Capt. Bern C. Anderson, Commander, Task Unit 76.5.3.
Returning to the scene of her hurried departure nearly four years before, Tulsa continued operations with the 7th Fleet in the Philippines.
www.navyhistory.com /patrol/tulsa.html   (1608 words)

  
 lst391.html
All the LST sailors back in the States remember those 6 second rolls and the jarring shutter when the bow dives into a big one (We just took one as I type).
The USS LST 325 Amateur Radio Club will be active during the return voyage, using call sign WW2LST.
QSL cards are available commemorating the Year 2000 return voyage of the former USS LST 325.
www.palosverdes.com /lst887/lst325.html   (9724 words)

  
 Coalition units of the Gulf War
USS America (CV-66) and USS Ranger (CV61) are deploying with appropriate escorts...DOD sources indicate that the three carriers will link up with carrier battle groups already in the area as reinforcements, forming two carrier battle groups, rather than replacing the ships already there.
One of the Atlantic based carriers will join the USS Saratoga (CV60) battle group while the other will join the USS John F Kennedy (CV 67) battle group...
The first batch of 191 arrived at Damman on 14 Nov Four more ships followed The total transfered was between 700 and 750.
www.spidersmill.com /gwvrl/coalition.html   (790 words)

  
 Military History Book Catalog
PRE-1900 U.S. February 21, 1898- Drawing or wreckage of USS Maine; Spanish cruiser Vizcaya visits New York [no state of War yet]; Evidence of Spanish treachery February 25, 1898- Mostly USS Maine investigation, naval matters, mining Potomac river, calling up reserves, etc. Badly chewed across center fold.
Articulate and insightful from the perspective of the author who later commanded an LST in WW2.
Classic reference, long O/P. Greetings from the USS Warrington [circa 1915-17]- inscribed "From the Officers and Crew" 6 pp of history of ship's namesake, and 4 page poem relating to 1911 incident when she was struck by a schooner off Cape Hatteras losing 30 ft of stern.
oldguns.net /catbookmilhist.htm   (9271 words)

  
 Tank Landing Ship LST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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USS Summit County (LST-1146) was transferred to Ecuador and renamed Hualcopo (T-55)
LST-1146 underway in Arctic waters during a 280 mile endurance test.
www.navsource.org /archives/10/161146.htm   (397 words)

  
 Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Material Loaded Aboard LST's at Norfolk, VA March 1944
2115Z: Approximate position 280°, 29 miles from Cape Tenes, escort had contact on port bow of convoy, dropped 36 depth charges.
MTK Eronda (British) intercepted British escort code message reporting wreckage brought up.
home.comcast.net /~phbrowne/accounts/convoy_ugs_36.htm   (608 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Thailand - Appendix A. Tables | Thai Information Resource
Trad class; 318 tons displacement; armed with two 3-inch deck guns, one 40mm and two 20mm antiaircraft guns, and four torpedo tubes
Liulom class (former United States PC class); 280 tons displacement; armed with one 3-inch deck gun and two torpedo tubes
Klongyai class; 110 tons displacement; armed with one 3-inch deck gun, one 20mm antiaircraft gun, and two torpedo tubes
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/thailand/thailand161.html   (916 words)

  
 Tank Landing Ship LST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
for his father Roland T. McGinnis USS LST-280 bow gunner wounded on a return trip to England, when the ship was torpedoed, and for his uncle SSGT Alexander McGinnis, killed in action in Europe 45 days after D-Day
There is no DANFS history available for LST-280 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
This page is created by David W. Almond and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
www.navsource.org /archives/10/160280.htm   (282 words)

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