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USS LST-736


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Delta - Hotel
 NGDH
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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 2 February 1944, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 18 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-736, 2 May 1944, LT. Philip H. Wright II, USNR in command
  • During World War II LST-736 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September 14 October 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 18 October to 6 November 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 18 June 1945

  • For the Okinawa Gunto operation USS LST-736 was assigned to:
    LST Flotilla Fourteen, CAPT. E. A. Seay USN (24);
     LST Group Forty-Two, CDR. G. E. Artz USN (34);
     LST Division Eighty-Three
  • Following World War II USS LST-736 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    6 to 23 September 1945
    1 to 21 January 1946
    2 February to 1 March 1946

  • Decommissioned, 20 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • USS LST-736 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold, 29 May 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA., and subsequently scrapped
    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
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    LST-598/736/77 81k From left to right USS LST-785, USS LST-736 and USS LST-598 unloading while beached at Okinawa, April 1945.
    A US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Submitted by Glen Morris, contributed by Edward Dye
    USS LST-736
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Wright II, Philip H., USNR2 May 1944 - 16 July 1945
    02LT. Ray, James McCoy., USN16 July 1945 - 5 December 1945
    03LTjg. Bull Jr., George N., USNR5 December 1945 - 20 June 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 Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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