History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-871 |
Builder | Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana |
Laid down | 9 November 1944 |
Launched | 20 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1946 |
Reclassified | Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945 |
Stricken | 13 November 1946 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for commercial operations, 30 June 1948 |
General characteristics [1] | |
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 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 32 |
USS LST-871 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-871 was laid down on 9 November 1944, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co.; launched on 20 December 1944; and commissioned on 18 January 1945. [1]
During World War II LST-871 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. [2]
LST-871 was redesignated LSTH-871 on 15 September 1945. Following World War II, LSTH-871 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early May 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 4 October 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 13 November that same year. On 30 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil & Refining Co. in Houston, Texas, for operation. [2]
The ship's wartime commanding officer, Frank W. Summers, USNR, was promoted to lieutenant commander by the end of his command, and later served as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. [3]
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