Re. The USS LST-1 USS LST-1 - Wikipedia Depicted here - (albeit the description doesn't specifically mention the number). D-DAY - BRITISH FORCES DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY 6 JUNE 1944 A23902 DESCRIPTION Object description The Free French River-Class frigate FFL LA SURPRISE K 292 (formerly HMS TORRIDGE) and LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) off Gold assault area, 6 June 1944. Landing Ship, Tank - Wikipedia And slightly confusingly - "another" - (British) LST-1 - albeit perhaps not marked as such - during the Normandy Landings... HMS Boxer (F121) - Wikipedia Having... HMS Boxer was built as a Landing Ship, Tank (LST(1)) at Harland and Wolff. Launched in December 1942 and commissioned the following April, she saw service as part of the Allied invasion of Italy. & Service In 1944, she was refitted as a "fighter direction ship", for use during the Normandy landings in controlling fighter aircraft by ground-controlled interception, then as an "action information organisation" tender (a radar training ship) in 1946.
GOLD BEACH. Has... USS LST-1 : Serial 2925 is an LST without Rhino Ferry carrying 1 Sherman OP Tank with 7 crew from Headquarters 8 Armoured Brigade 1 15cwt Wireless with 3 crew from 8 Armoured Brigade Signal Squadron RS 10 Sherman Tanks with 50 crew from 24 Lancers 1 M14 Halftrack with 6 crew from 24 Lancers 3 3ton 4 X 4 GS with 17 crew from 2 South Wales Borderers 2 Motorcycles from 2 South Wales Borderers (carried on the above vehicles) 2 3ton Coles Cranes with 4 crew from 73 Mechanical Equipment Section RE 2 15cwt Water from 147 Field Regiment SP RA 2 3ton 4 X 4 GS from 147 Field Regiment SP RA 1 Jeep from 147 Field Regiment SP RA 6 Motorcycles from 147 Field Regiment SP RA 19 men from 147 Field Regiment SP RA 1 3ton 4 X 4 Lorry Command Vehicle with 5 crew from 50 Division Signals RS 1 Tractor LAA from 82/25 LAA Battery RA 3 SP 40mm AA gun from 82/25 LAA Battery RA 2 Motorcycle from 82/25 LAA Battery RA 30 men from 82/25 LAA Battery RA 1 15cwt with 2 crew from 243 Provost Company 1 15cwt with 2 crew from 50 Division Provost Company 1 Carrier Mortar and trailer with 7 crew from 2 Cheshire Regiment 1 Jeep with 3 crew from Regimental Headquarters 102 AT Regiment RA 2 Jeeps with 4 War Correspondents On the Main Deck 1 M14 Halftrack with 6 crew from Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 2 Jeeps with 4 crew from Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1 15cwt Wireless with 3 crew from 8 Armoured Brigade Signals Section RS 1 15cwt Water with 2 crew from 2 South Wales Borderers 1 15cwt GS with 2 crew from 2 South Wales Borderers 2 Jeeps with 4 crew from 2 South Wales Borderers 2 3ton 4 X 4 GS from 90 Field Regiment SP RA 1 3ton Breakdown from 90 Field Regiment SP RA 1 15cwt Water from 90 Field Regiment SP RA 1 15cwt Machinery from 90 Field Regiment SP RA 6 Motorcycle from 90 Field Regiment SP RA 23 men from 90 Field Regiment SP RA 3 3ton 4 X 4 GS with 7 crew from 1 Dorsetshire Regiment 1 15cwt Water with 2 crew from 1 Dorsetshire Regiment 2 3ton 4 X 4 GS from 50 Division Signals RS 1 Car 4 seater 4 X 4 from 50 Division Signals RS 4 Motorcycle from 50 Division Signals RS 17 men from 50 Division Signals RS 2 Jeep Ambulance with 4 crew from 200 Field Ambulance RAMC 12 men from 200 Field Ambulance RAMC 1 Car 4 seater 4 X 4 with 3 crew from Headquarters CRA 50 Division 1 Jeep with 2 crew from 2 Essex Regiment 1 Jeep with 2 crew from 2 Gloucestershire Regiment 1 3ton 4 X 4 GS with 2 crew from 147 Field Regiment SP RA 2 men with a balloon and handwinch from 55 RAF Balloon Unit
There's a reference here to USS LST-1's Captain (around D-Day) The U.S. Navy at Normandy Lawrence Emley - View Obituary & Service Information Has... Obituary for Lawrence Emley Lawrence Emley of Chestertown, MD died on December 13, 2002 at Heron Point Chestertown, Maryland. He was 93. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the second son of the late William Stokes and Grace Thomas Andrews Emley. Mr. Emley was educated in New Jersey Public Schools and was an alumnus of The College of William and Mary. In 1937, Mr. Emley married Miriam Reeve Endicott of Ventnor New Jersey, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Allen B. Endicott Jr. Mrs. Emley predeceased her husband after many years of illness on October 31, 1996. In 1942, Mr. Emley was commissioned to serve in the United States Navy and took part in five invasions during WWII as Lieutenant Commander. He received an honorable discharge and joined the Kiwi Polish Company Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia and subsequently formed Kiwi Polish Company U.S.A. He served for 26 years as president of the latter. During his term he established Kiwi Polish Company Canada in Hamilton, Ontario and Susquehanna Metal Box Company in Havre de Grace, Maryland. In his earlier years Mr. Emley was one of a small group of men led by the late Chief Justice Owen J. Roberts who re-activated the Episcopal Church of St. Andrews in Chester County, Pennsylvania, which had remained silent for nearly half a century. In Chester County he enjoyed being a field member of the Pickering Hunt. Upon retirement in 1974, he moved to Tryon N.C. in hopes of extending his fox hunting passion. Finally he came to live at Comegy’s Bite on Quaker Neck, Chestertown, MD. During his later years in Chestertown he enjoyed sailing and volunteering his time and efforts. Mr. Emley was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church since 1978. Mr. Emley is survived by a son, Roger D. Emley of Kansas City, Missouri; three daughters, Susan E. Luebbermann of Tucson, Arizona, Jane E. Stanton of Church Hill, Maryland, and Jenifer E. Endicott of Church Hill, Maryland; four grandchildren, David Emley, Andrew Emley, Samuel Stanton, and Michael Stanton and one great granddaughter, Ashton Grace Emley. He is also survived by a companion, Jessie Lockwood Vaughan of Chestertown, MD. Graveside memorial services will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 7579 Sandy Bottom Road, Chestertown, Maryland 21620. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., 130 Speer Rd., Chestertown, Maryland 21620.
HMS Boxer was only taken in hand for refitting as a fighter direction ship AFTER D-Day (around the end of June 1944). She emerged from that refit in mid-1945 just in time to go to the Far East to participate in Operation Zipper, the invasion of Malaya. Photo of her as a FDS here. HMS BOXER, BRITISH FIGHTER DIRECTION LANDING SHIP. MARCH TO AUGUST 1945. HMS BOXER, BRITISH FIGHTER DIRECTION LANDING SHIP. MARCH TO AUGUST 1945. In mid-1944 her two sister ships, Bruiser and Thruster, were also earmarked for conversion. Due to their usefulness in their original role moving men and equipment in the Med (to Southern France and then Greece) the conversion kept getting postponed until eventually cancelled. Three LST(2), US built sisters of LST-1, were converted to Fighter Direction Tenders by John Brown on the Clyde in early 1944. They were completed in time for D-Day where one was sunk. FDT13 also went east in the summer of 1945. Fighter Direction Tenders - FTDs 13, 216 & 217
