USS LST-923

USS LST-923 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-923 in San Francisco Bay, c. early 1946.
History
United States
Name: LST-923
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3393[1]
Laid down: 3 May 1944
Launched: 11 June 1944
Commissioned: 6 July 1944
Decommissioned: 9 July 1946
Stricken: 15 August 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 2 × battle star
Fate: sold for scrapping, 31 May 1948
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
Operations:
Awards:

Construction

LST-923 was laid down on 3 May 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 11 June 1944; and commissioned on 6 July 1944,[3] with Lieutenant John T. Gordon, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-923 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April and June 1945.[3]

Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until early April 1946. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 10 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 15 August, that same year. The ship was sold on 31 May 1948, to the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for scrapping.[3]

Awards

LST-923 earned two battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

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

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-923". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 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 25 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-923". Navsource.org. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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