USS LST-968
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History | |
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United States | |
Name: | LST-968 |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number: | 3438[1] |
Laid down: | 7 November 1944 |
Launched: | 9 December 1944 |
Commissioned: | 3 January 1945 |
Decommissioned: | 2 July 1946 |
Struck: | 15 August 1946 |
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Fate: | Sold for operation, 10 June 1948 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class & type: | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft: |
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Installed power: |
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Propulsion: |
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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 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops: | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement: | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament: |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 31 |
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USS LST-968 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-968 was laid down on 7 November 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 9 December 1944; and commissioned on 3 January 1945, with Lieutenant (junior grade) Rayburn M. Quinn, USNR, in command.[3]
Service history
Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until early April 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 2 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 15 August, that same year. On 10 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil and Refining Co., Houston, Texas, for operation.[3]
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External links
- Photo gallery of USS LST-968 at NavSource Naval History