USS LST-935 in San Francisco Bay, c. early 1946. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-935 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3405 [1] |
Laid down | 3 July 1944 |
Launched | 5 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 29 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1946 |
Stricken | 15 August 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 29 August 1947 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Range | 24,000 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 |
Capacity | 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-935 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.
LST-935 was laid down on 3 July 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 August 1944; and commissioned on 29 August 1944. [3] [2]
During World War II, LST-935 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Palawan Island landings in March 1945, the Mindanao Island landings in March and April 1945, the Visayan Island landings in April 1945, and the Balikpapan operation in June and July 1945. [3]
Following the war, LST-935 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-April 1946. She was decommissioned on 2 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 15 August, that same year. The ship was sold to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Washington, on 29 August 1947, for scrapping. [3]
LST-935 earned two battle star for World War II service. [3]
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