USS LST-928

USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) 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.

History
United States
Name:
  • LST-928 (1944–1955)
  • Cameron (1955–1959)
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3398[1]
Laid down: 1 June 1944
Launched: 5 July 1944
Commissioned: 30 July 1944
Decommissioned: 13 December 1946
Renamed: Cameron, 1 July 1955
Reclassified: Self-propelled Barracks Ship, 1 July 1955
Stricken: 1959
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 1 × battle star
Fate: Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 13 December 1946
Status: Sold for commercial service, 1959
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:
Service record
Part of: LST Flotilla 6
Operations: Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945)
Awards:

Construction

LST-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944,[3] with Lieutenant C. R. Stearns, USNR, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945.[3]

She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946,[3] and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River.[2] She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960.[1]

Awards

LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

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

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-928". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 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 27 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-928". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


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