USS LST-922

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USS LST-922 Morotai 20 May 1945.jpg
USS LST-922 beached at Morotai, 30 May 1945, while loading a Matilda II tank of the Australian Army 2/9th Armoured Regiment for transportation to North Borneo and "Operation Oboe 6".
History
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NameLST-922
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number3392 [1]
Laid down26 April 1944
Launched7 June 1944
Commissioned29 June 1944
Decommissioned8 July 1946
Stricken28 August 1946
Identification
Honors &
awards		 Bronze-service-star-3d-vector.svg 3 × battle star
FateSold for scrapping, 13 June 1948
General characteristics [2]
Class & 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
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Awards:

USS LST-922 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-922 was laid down on 26 April 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 7 June 1944; and commissioned on 29 June 1944. [3] [2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-922 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945, the Zambales-Subic Bay operations in January 1945, the Palawan Island landings in March 1945, and the Visayan Island landings in April 1945. [3]

Following the war, LST-922 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early March 1946. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 8 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 28 August, that same year. On 13 June 1948, the ship was sold to Walter W. Johnson Co., for scrapping. [3]

Awards

LST-922 earned three battle star for World War II service. [3]

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