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USS LST-770

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Oscar - Oscar
NGOO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LST-770 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 1 August 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 17 September 1944

Commissioned USS LST-770, 13 October 1944, LT. John H. Judge, USCGR, in command

During World War II USS LST-770 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Twenty-Nine, CAPT. C. H. Peterson USCG (25);
LST Group Eighty-Seven, CDR. E. Anderson USCG;
LST Division One Hundred-Seventy-Three and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 22 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST-770 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 15 September to 26 October 1945

Decommissioned, 29 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946

Final Disposition, sold for non self-propelled commercial operations, 6 February 1948, to Madison B. Wright

USS LST-770 earned one battle star for World War II service

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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USS LST-770
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Judge, John H., USCGR	13 October 1944 - 5 March 1945
02	LT. Moore, Hamilton F., USCGR	5 March 1945 - 31 December 1945
03	LT. Vaughn, Kenneth R., USCGR	31 December 1945 - 29 April 1946


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