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Name | LST-572 |
Builder | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana |
Laid down | 15 April 1944 |
Launched | 29 May 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. B. B. Dumville |
Commissioned | 19 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 8 March 1946 |
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Operator | Commander Naval Forces Far East |
In service | date unknown |
Out of service | date unknown |
Renamed | Q090 |
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Operator | Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) |
In service | 31 March 1952 |
Reclassified | USNS T-LST-572 |
Stricken | 15 June 1973 |
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Fate | Sold, 19 November 1973 |
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Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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Operations: | Battle of Okinawa (10 May–29 June 1945) |
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USS LST-572 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.
Construction and commissioning
[edit]LST-572 was laid down on 15 April 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 29 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Dumville, and commissioned on 19 June 1944.[1][2]
Service history
[edit]During the war, LST-572 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater as part of convoy HX 301,[3] leaving New York City, 25 July 1944 and arriving in Liverpool, 8 August 1944.[1]
On 24 December 1944, LST-572 left Guantanamo, Cuba, with Convoy GZ 111 and arrived in Cristóbal, Colónl, on 27 December 1944.[4]
She was later reassigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Battle of Okinawa in May and June 1945.[1]
Following the war, LST-572 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946.[1]
LST-572 was decommissioned on 8 March 1946 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 where she operated as USNS LST-572. She was struck from the Navy list on 15 June 1973 and sold on 19 November that same year to Yi Ho Enterprise Corp.[1]
Honors and awards
[edit]LST-572 earned one battle stars for her World War II service.[1]
Notes
[edit]- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f DANFS-LST-572.
- ^ NS LST-572 2014.
- ^ HX 301.
- ^ Convoy GZ 111.
Bibliography
[edit]- Online sources
- "LST-572". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "USS LST-572". NavSource Online. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Convoy HX.301". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- "Convoy GZ.111". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery of USS LST-572 at NavSource Naval History