USS LST-941

USS LST-941 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.

Brunei Bay Area, Labuan , 10 June 1945, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area and Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, General Officer Commanding I Corps arriving on Labuan Island, soon after the Australian Landing in the area during the Operation Oboe 6. The landing party is disembarking from USS LST-941's LCVP #2. In the background is LSM-52.
History
United States
Name: LST-941
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3411[1]
Laid down: 28 July 1944
Launched: 30 August 1944
Commissioned: 22 September 1944
Decommissioned: 1 May 1946
Stricken: 3 July 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 2 × battle star
Fate: Sold for commercial service, 28 March 1947
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:
Service record
Operations:
Awards:

Construction

LST-941 was laid down on 28 July 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 30 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Roland Gariepy; and commissioned on 22 September 1944,[3] Lieutenant Leland Max Edwards, USN, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II LST-941 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Palawan Island landings in March 1945, the Visayan Island landings in March and April 1945,[3] and the Labuan Island landing, Brunei Bay, in June 1945.[2]

Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early October 1945.[3] In December 1945, Lieutenant Paul W. Phillips, USNR, took command of the ship.[2] LST-941 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 1 May 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July, that same year. On 28 March 1947, she was sold to Francis R. Stolz for operation.[3]

Awards

LST-941 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-941". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2 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. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
    • "USS LST-941". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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