USS LST-291

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USS LST-291 ran aground in 1954
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-291
Builder American Bridge Company, Ambridge
Laid down25 September 1943
Launched14 November 1943
Stricken19 May 1954
Honours and
awards		1 battle star (World War II)
Fate Sunk as target, July 1954
General characteristics
Class and type LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) light
  • 3,880 long tons (3,942 t) full
Length328 ft (100 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Unloaded:
  • Bow: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m)
  • Stern: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
  • Loaded :
  • Bow: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
  • Stern: 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Propulsion2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		Two to six LCVPs
Troopsapprox. 140 officers and enlisted
Complement8–10 officers, 100–115 enlisted
Armament

USS LST-291 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II by the American Bridge Company in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

LST-291 was laid down on 25 September 1943 and launched 14 November 1943. During World War II, the LST-291 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, and participated in the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. [1]

In 1954, she ran aground on a coral reef off James Point, Eleuthera in the Bahamas. After 11 days of salvage operations which involved blasting a 1,000 foot channel through the reef, she was freed from the reef and towed back to the drydock at Jacksonville, Florida. [2] The damage she sustained was too extensive, however, and LST-291 was decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register on 19 May 1954, and sunk as a target in July 1954.

LST-291 earned one battle star for World War II service.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tank Landing Ship LST-291". navsource.org. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "ProjectEleuthera.org: LST 291 – June 1954 "All Hands"". projecteleuthera.org. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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