USS LST-979 | |
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Career (United States) | |
Name: | LST-979 |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number: | 3449[1] |
Laid down: | 19 December 1944 |
Launched: | 23 January 1945 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. A. H. Balsley |
Commissioned: | 20 February 1945 |
Decommissioned: | 5 July 1946 |
Struck: | 28 August 1946 |
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Status: | Sold for scrapping, 4 November 1947 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class & 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: | 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 |
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USS LST-979 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-979 was laid down on 19 December 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 23 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. A. H. Balsley; and commissioned on 20 February 1945,[3] with Lieutenant Hunter A. Hogan, Jr., USNR, in command.[2]
Service history[]
Following World War II, LST-979 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until late March 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 5 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 28 August, that same year. On 4 November 1947, the ship was sold to the Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California, for scrapping.[3]
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Online resources
- "LST-979". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-979.html. Retrieved 27 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 27 June 2017.
External links[]
- Photo gallery of USS LST-979 at NavSource Naval History
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