USS LST-924

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USS LST-924 and USS LST-1025 Tarakan Island 1 May 1945.jpg
USS LST-924 and LST-1025 beached at Tarakan Island, Borneo, 1 May 1945, while the heavy equipment of No. 61 Airfield Construction Wing RAAF is being unloaded.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-924
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number3394 [1]
Laid down8 May 1944
Launched17 June 1944
Commissioned10 July 1944
Decommissioned13 June 1946
Stricken3 July 1946
Identification
Honors and
awards		 Bronze-service-star-3d.png 4 × battle star
FateSold to the Royal Thai Navy, 5 May 1947
Naval Ensign of Thailand.svgThailand
NameAngthong
Namesake Ang Thong Islands
Acquired5 May 1947
Decommissioned2006
Identification
  • Hull symbol: LST-1 (1947–1998)
  • LST-711 (1998–)
NotesShe was discarded in 1978, but restored to service c. 1994–1995.
General characteristics [2]
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)
  • 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 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 3 in (2.51 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
  • Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
  • Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed11.6  kn (21.5  km/h; 13.3  mph)
Range24,000 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
Capacity1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000  lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000  kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament
Service record
Operations:
Awards:

USS LST-924 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

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Construction

LST-924 was laid down on 8 May 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 17 June 1944; and commissioned on 10 July 1944. [3] [2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-924 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Leyte landings in November 1944, the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945, the Visayan Island landings in March and April 1945, and the Tarakan Island operation in April and May 1945. [3]

Following the war, LST-924 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-May 1946. She was decommissioned on 13 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July, that same year. On 5 May 1947, the ship was sold to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) where it operated as HTMS Angthong (LST-1). [3]

Thai Service

HTMS Angthong (Thai : เรือหลวงอ่างทอง) had been discarded by the Royal Thai Navy by 1978, but was later restored to service circa 1994–1995. In 1998, she was renumbered LST-711. [2] She was decommissioned in 2006. [4] The name was later given to a new ship, an Endurance-class landing platform dock ordered from Singapore and delivered on 19 April 2012, commissioned as HTMS Angthong (791). [5]

Awards

LST-924 earned four battle star for World War II service. [3]

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