![]() USS LST-958 beached, date and location unknown.
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Name | LST-958 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3428[1] |
Laid down | 3 October 1944 |
Launched | 31 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 14 March 1946 |
Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
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Fate | Sold, 20 December 1946 |
Status | Fate unknown |
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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Installed power |
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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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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 23 |
Operations: | Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (29 May–30 June 1945) |
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USS LST-958 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.
Construction
[edit]LST-958 was laid down on 3 October 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 31 October 1944; and commissioned on 25 November 1944.[3][2]
Service history
[edit]During World War II, LST-958 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May and June 1945.[3]
Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until early October 1945. The ship was decommissioned on 14 March 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 28 March, that same year. On 20 December 1946, the tank landing ship was sold.[3]
Awards
[edit]LST-958 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]
Notes
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[edit]Bibliography
[edit]Online resources
- "LST-958". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "USS LST-958". Navsource.org. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery of USS LST-958 at NavSource Naval History