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USS LST-133

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Silver Star Medal (CO LT. Floyd E. Richards, USN) - Purple Hearts (7 KIA, 17 WIA, 8 MIA including Johnny Irvin Andrus F1/c), 15 June 1944)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 24 June 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 2 November 1943

Commissioned USS LST 133, 29 November 1943, LT. Floyd E. Richards, USN, in command

During World War II, USS LST-133 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 Torpedoed in the English Channel 17 June 1944 by *U-621*	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 10 June 1945

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-133 came under the command of
LST Flotilla Thirty-Five, CAPT. D. H. Johnston USN (22);
LST Division Two Hundred Five

Torpedoed and damaged,15 June 1944, in the English Channel by U-621

Following World War II USS LST-133 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
27 September to 14 October 1945
9 to 18 December 1945

USS LST-133 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LST Group 9 (LST GRU 9) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946

Decommissioned, 29 August 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 May 1948

USS LST-133 earned two battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service

Final Disposition, sunk as a target 11 May 1948

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

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
1016013301	12k	USS LST-133 showing damage from a German acoustic mine, date and location unknown	LST Homeport Web Site
1016013302	3102k	Aerial view of USS LST-133 arriving at Norfolk, VA. in January 1945. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 505631757, Local ID: 19-LCM-LST133-114562	David Upton
1016013303	2677k	USS LST-133 tied up to USS LST-52 in a nest of LSTS at Norfolk, VA., 15 January 1945. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 505631759, Local ID: 19-LCM-LST133-114563	David Upton
1016013304	2405k	USS LST-133 nested alongside USS LST-52 on her starboard side with *LCT-414* loaded on her main deck. Within hours of this photograph *LCT-467* will be loaded on the main deck of *LST-133. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID 505631761, Local ID 19-LCM-LST133-114566*	David Upton

USS LST-133
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Richards, Floyd Eugene, USN	29 November 1943 - January 1946
02	LT. Vint, Vinton Claude, USN	January 1946 - 29 August 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
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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