USS LST-907

USS LST-907 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.

USS LST-907 and USS LST-988 moored at Civitavecchia, Italy while loading the US Army Air Force's 523rd Fighter Squadron's ground crew and equipment for sea lift to Corsica, c. 13 July 1944.
History
United States
Name: LST-907
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3377[1]
Laid down: 31 January 1944
Launched: 18 March 1944
Sponsored by: Miss Rosemary Leonard
Commissioned: 30 April 1944
Decommissioned: 18 October 1946
Stricken: 25 November 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 1 × battle star
Fate: laid up in the Reserve Fleet, 18 October 1946
Status: transferred to the Venezuelan Navy, 25 November 1946
Venezuela
Name: Capana
Acquired: 25 November 1946
Decommissioned: 1957
Identification: Hull symbol: T-11 FNV
Status: fate unknown
General characteristics [2]
Class and 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:
Propulsion:
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:

Construction

LST-907 was laid down on 31 January 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 18 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Rosemary Leonard; and commissioned on 30 April 1944, with Lieutenant Dale O. Morgan, USNR, in command.[3]

Service history

During World War II, LST-907 was assigned to the European Theatre and participated in the invasion of southern France in September 1944.[3]

She was decommissioned on 18 October 1946. On 25 November 1946, the ship was delivered to and commissioned in the Venezuelan Navy and struck from the Navy list that same date.[3]

She was renamed Capana and served until 1957 as a training ship.[2]

Awards

LST-907 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
    2. Navsource 2015.
    3. DANFS 2015.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-907". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 17 May 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 17 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-907". Navsource.org. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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