USS LST-958

USS LST-958
USS LST-958.jpg USS LST-958 beached, date and location unknown.
Career (United States)
Name:	LST-958
Builder:	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number:	3428
Laid down:	3 October 1944
Launched:	31 October 1944
Commissioned:	25 November 1944
Decommissioned:	14 March 1946
Struck:	28 March 1946
Identification:	Hull symbol: LST-958 Code letters: NKFO
Honors and awards:	1 × battle star
Fate:	Sold, 20 December 1946
Status:	Fate unknown
General characteristics
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)
Length:	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam:	50 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:	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
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:	• 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns  • 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns  • 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

Service record
Part of:	LST Flotilla 23
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (29 May–30 June 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp

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

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, with Lieutenant Daniel S. Connolly, USNR, in command.

Service history

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.

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.

Awards

LST-958 earned one battle star for World War II service.

Bibliography

Online resources

• "LST-958". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-958.html. 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. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethhingham.htm. Retrieved 15 June 2017. 
• "USS LST-958". Navsource.org. 27 May 2016. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160958.htm. Retrieved 15 June 2017. 

External links

• Photo gallery of USS LST-958 at NavSource Naval History