Subject:  For Chris / Information about the LST 129 |
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The Old Sea Dog
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Date Posted: 10/26/09 18:22:12
LST-129 / IX-198 Cohasset
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 1 July 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.; Launched, 8 September 1943; Commissioned USS LST-129, 23 October 1943; During World War II, LST-129 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
* Marianas operation;
(a) Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944
(b) Capture and occupation of Tinian, July 1944
* Western Caroline Islands operation;
Capture and Occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944
Redesignated and renamed Cohasset (IX-198), 5 December 1944; Decommissioned, 20 January 1945; Final Disposition, destroyed as naval target, 16 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946. Cohasset (IX-198) earned two battle stars for World War II service as LST-129.
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This is the official information about the LST 129 / IX 198. The lack of other information and pictures of the ship lead me to think that something very serious happened during September or October of 1944. The LST 129 was redesignated IX 198, a target ship to be sunk, and in fact it was sunk by naval gunfire on 16 May, 1946.
There are no pictures I can find in the usual places LST pictures exist, that tells me that the Navy thought pictures of the damage, whatever it was, should not be released. Perhaps a crewmember or a log book would fill in the gaps. I will keep on looking for pictures of the LST 129 / IX 198, but my sensors tell me that none exist anywhere.
I found the information I wanted, The LST 129 and several others were damaged by a heavy storm during the Palau operation. This is what was noted in a log book
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10/02 Mon. United States naval vessels damaged by storm, Palau
Islands, Caroline Islands:
LST 129, LST 278, and LST 661,
06 d. 59'N., 134 d. 13'E.
The Old Sea Dog
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