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U.S.S. LST-795

(LST-795)


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LST-795 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1943-Shellback Initiation - 27 DEC 1943 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1944-NOV1944New Orleans to Gulfport, L.A.
NOV1944-NOV1944Gulfport, L.A. to Panama and through Canal to Hawaiian Island
NOV1944-DEC1944Panama Canal
DEC1944-DEC1944Dec 13th Arrived at the Hawaiian Island went to PEARL HARBOR
JAN1945-FEB1945Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
FEB1945-MAR1945Iwo Jima
FEB1945-FEB1945Feb 30th Nothing happened departed Guam for Philippine Island
FEB1945-FEB1945Feb 29th Dropped Anchor at Guam this morning.
FEB1945-FEB1945Feb 24th Left Iwo Jima for Guam
FEB1945-FEB1945Feb 22nd Beached and Unloaded Cargo. 1st Lt Donald Craft shot.
MAR1945-MAR1945MAR 3rd to 11th At Sea. (To Leyte. Arrived on the 8th)
MAR1945-MAR1945MAR 12th Arrived at the Philippines island this after noon.
MAR1945-MAR1945MAR 13th Beached loaded 17th Infantry Div & 718th Amph Truck Bat
MAR1945-MAR1945MAR 25th Left the Philippines Island for Okinawa.
APR1945-APR1945Okinawa Shima N.S.
APR1945-APR1945APR 1st EASTER off Okinawa. One gun maned; shot one Jap plane
APR1945-APR1945APR 2nd to 7th On and off beach unloading cargo. Many Air Raids
APR1945-APR1945APR 8th Departed for another island about ten miles from Okinawa
APR1945-APR1945APR 10th Departed for Okinawa 1200 Arrived/anchored at Okinawa
APR1945-APR1945APR 11th to 30th Laying off of island with many raids day+night
MAY1945-JUN1945MAY 30th to JUNE 3rd Okinawa
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 29th Kerama Retto: Got underway to Okinawa.
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 21st to 28th Kerama Retto with continued air raids
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 20th Arrive at Kerama Retto off Okinawa - 20 miles to west.
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 6th to 18th Okinawa: Mainly anchored w/ air raids day+night
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 5th Okinawa: A cruiser was hit by a Jap plane this morning
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 1st to 4th Okinawa: still at the same anchorage w/ air raids
MAY1945-MAY1945MAY 19th Okinawa: departed at 0930 to Kerama Retto
JUN1945-JUN1945JUN 4th Okinawa: departed at 0300 to Kerama Retto (arrived 0800)
JUN1945-JUN1945JUN 8th Kerama Retto: departed at 0700 to Okinawa (arrived 1000)
JUN1945-JUL1945JUN 9th to JULY 9th at Okinawa with air raids, etc.
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 24th to 31st Ie Shima back & forth to Okinawa w/supplies
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 23rd Ie Shima: Loaded troop and cargo. Took on supplies.
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 22nd Okinawa (Buckner Bay) to Ie Shima (beached 1800)
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 15th to 21st Okinawa: Anchored on/off beach unloading cargo.
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 11th to 13th Beached ashore Ie Shima (Ernie Pyle's grave)
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 10th Okinawa to Ie Shima. Crew saw LST 809 sunk by Jap plane
JUL1945-JUL1945JUL 14th Ie Shima to Okinawa w/two LSM + SC (arrived 1900)
AUG1945-AUG1945AUG 1st to 3rd Okinawa Anchored in bay to ride out Typhoon
AUG1945-AUG1945AUG 4th to 24th Okinawa on and off the beach with supplies/cargo
AUG1945-AUG1945AUG 25th Okinawa to Ie Shima (arrived and anchored 1600)
AUG1945-AUG1945AUG 28th Ie Shima to Okinawa (arrived and anchored 1300)
AUG1945-SEP1945AUG 29th to SEP 10th Okinawa on/off beach loading/unloading
SEP1945-SEP1945SEP 11th Okinawa: Departed from Buckner Bay to Hagushi (1630)
SEP1945-OCT1945Okinawa to Ie Shima & Hagushi & back to Okinawa during typhoons
SEP1945-SEP1945SEP 20th Nagasaki to Okinawa (1800) w/British, Dutch, etc. men
SEP1945-SEP1945SEP 14th Anchored at Nagasaki (1330) along side LST 819
SEP1945-SEP1945SEP 12th to 14th Hagushi to Nagasaki with LST 1024 + DD516
OCT1945-OCT1945OCT 19th to 27th Okinawa to Saipan (via Philippine Sea) w/LST890
NOV1945-NOV1945NOV 11th Departed Saipan for Pearl Harbor w/209 Naval personnel
DEC1945-DEC1945Dec 13th Arrived at the Hawaiian Island went to PEARL HARBOR
JAN1946-JAN1946JAN 28th Arrived in Orange, Texas USA via the San Pedro+Canals
APR1946-APR1946LST 795 Decommissioned on April 29, 1946 at Lake Charles, L.A.

LST-795 General Specifications