USS LST-928

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USS LST-928
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Name
  • LST-928 (1944–1955)
  • Cameron (1955–1959)
Namesake
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number3398 [1]
Laid down1 June 1944
Launched5 July 1944
Commissioned30 July 1944
Decommissioned13 December 1946
RenamedCameron, 1 July 1955
ReclassifiedSelf-propelled Barracks Ship, 1 July 1955
Stricken1959
Identification
Honors &
awards
Bronze-service-star-3d.png 1 × battle star
Fate
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
Part of:LST Flotilla 6
Operations: Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945)
Awards:

USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) 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-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944. [3] [2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945. [3]

She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946, [3] and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River. [2] She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960. [1]

Awards

LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service. [3]

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