USS LST-569

History
United States
Name:	LST-569
Builder:	Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana
Laid down:	24 March 1944
Launched:	20 May 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. George W. Lamb
Commissioned:	5 June 1944
Decommissioned:	13 June 1946
Struck:	15 October 1946
Identification:	Hull symbol:LST-569 Code letters:NEWJ
Honors and awards:	4 × battle stars
Fate:	sold, 5 December 1947
Status:	fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement:	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load)
Length:	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Draft:	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power:	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × screws
Speed:	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 x LCVPs
Capacity:	1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops:	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement:	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Operations:	Battle of Leyte (18 October–6 November 1944) Battle of Luzon (4–17 January 1945) Manila Bay-Bicol operations (29–30 January 1945) Battle of Mindanao (17–23 April and 3–4 May 1945)
Awards:	China Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Liberation Medal

USS LST-569 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

Construction and commissioning

LST-569 was laid down on 24 March 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 20 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. George W. Lamb, and commissioned on 5 June 1944^[1] with Lieutenant Joseph A. Lowe in command.^[2]

Service history

During the war, LST-569 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the Battle of Leyte landing in October and November 1944, the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945, the Manila Bay-Bicol operations at the end of January 1945.^[1] On 16 February she left Leyte with Convoy IG 9 enroute to Hollandia, arriving 22 February 1945.^[3] She then participated in the Battle of Mindanao in April and May 1945,^[1] before again traveling from Leyte to Hollandia, this time with Convoy IG 22, from 14 to 20 May 1945.^[4]

Following the war, LST-569 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-May 1946. The ship was decommissioned on 13 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 15 October that same year. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey, Philippines.^[1]

Honors and awards

LST-569 earned four battle stars for her World War II service.^[1]

Notes

Citations

1. DANFS-LST-569 2015.
2. NS LST-569 2014.
3. Convoy IG 9.
4. Convoy IG 22.

Bibliography

Online sources

• "LST-569". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "USS LST-569". NavSource Online. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
• "Convoy IG.9". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
• "Convoy IG.22". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS LST-569 at NavSource Naval History