USS LST-1061 in San Francisco Bay, with LCT-585 on deck, c. 1945–1946. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-1061 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3451 [1] |
Laid down | 26 December 1944 |
Launched | 3 February 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Ada Smith |
Commissioned | 1 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 1946 |
Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for operation, 1 March 1948 |
Status | Fate unknown |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 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 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 33 |
Awards: |
USS LST-1061 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.
She was laid down on 26 December 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 3 February 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Ada Smith; and commissioned on 1 March 1945. [3] [2]
Following World War II, LST-1061 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-September 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 1 May 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July, that same year. On 1 March 1948, the ship was sold to the Texas Petroleum Co. for operation. [3]
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