USS LST-571

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-571
Builder Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana
Laid down14 April 1944
Launched25 May 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Joseph H. Hayes
Commissioned14 June 1944
Decommissioned12 March 1946
Stricken12 April 1946
Identification
Honors and
awards		 Bronze-service-star-3d.png 2 × battle stars
FateSold, 17 August 1948
General characteristics
Class and type LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement
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 2 in (2.49 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
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 x LCVPs
Capacity1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament
Service record
Operations:
Awards:

USS LST-571 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

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Construction and commissioning

LST-571 was laid down on 14 April 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 25 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph H. Hayes, and commissioned on 14 June 1944. [1] [2]

Service history

During the war, LST-571 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945 and the Battle of Okinawa in April through June 1945. [1]

Following the war, LST-571 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early December 1945. Upon her return to the United States, LST-571 was decommissioned on 12 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 12 April that same year. On 17 August 1948, the ship was sold to the Port Houston Iron Works, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for non-self-propelled operation. [1]

She briefly appears in the James Bond Film 'Live and Let Die'; being apparently blown up after a speedboat drives in through her open bows, which then explodes.

Honors and awards

LST-571 earned two battle stars for her World War II service. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 DANFS-LST-571.
  2. ↑ NS LST-571 2014.

Sources

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