USS LST-179

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USS LST-179 and USS LST-78 on 4 October 1943
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-179
Builder Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville
Laid down7 February 1943
Launched30 May 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Milford M. Miller
Commissioned3 July 1943
Stricken18 July 1944
Identification
Honors and
awards
See Awards
Fate Sunk as target, 1945
General characteristics
Class and type LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-179 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. [1]

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Construction and career

LST-179 was laid down on 7 February 1943 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, Indiana. Launched on 30 May 1943 and commissioned on 3 July 1943. [2]

During World War II, LST-179 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operations from 13 November to 8 December 1943.

She was destroyed and sunk during the West Loch disaster alongside 5 other LSTs at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. On that day, she was moored with LST-205, LST-225, LST-274, LST-43, LST-69, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster. [3]

LST-179 was struck from the Navy Register on 18 July 1944. [1]

In 1945, she was raised but deemed too expensive to be repaired thus she was towed out to sea and sunk again as a target ship for torpedoes. [4]

Awards

LST-179 have earned the following awards:

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "LST-179". NHHC. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. "US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster". www.uslst.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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