USS LST-1008

USS LST-1008 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Taiwan Navy but then seized by China and renamed Dabie Shan.

LST-926 at Chinese Navy Museum on 16 July 2005
History
United States
Name: LST-1008
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy
Laid down: 16 February 1944
Launched: 23 March 1944
Commissioned: 18 April 1944
Decommissioned: 4 May 1946
Stricken: 19 June 1946
Fate: Transferred to Republic of China Navy, 19 June 1946
Taiwan
Acquired: 19 June 1946
Fate: Seized by People's Liberation Army Navy, 1950
China
Name:
  • Dabie Shan
  • (大别山)
Namesake: Dabie Shan
Acquired: 1950
Decommissioned: 14 April 1999
Renamed: from Wanling and Zhong 112
Identification: Pennant number: LST-502/926
Fate: Scrapped, 2007
General characteristics
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: 7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:
Aviation facilities: Deck as helipad

Construction and commissioning

LST-1008 was laid down on 16 February 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 23 March 1944 and commissioned on 18 April 1944, Lt. Richard M. Laden in command.

Construction and career

During World War II, LST-1008 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East and later Asiatic-Pacific theater. While in Europe, she participated in the assault of Normandy. From 8 to 9 June was disembarked at Easy White Beach. After the Normandy landing, she was assigned to the Far East as Occupation and China service from 1945 to 1946. On 24 May 1945, USS LCT-614 was hoisted aboard LST-1008 in Norfolk Navy Yard and on 16 September 1945, LCT-614 was launched from LST-1008 in Jinsen, Korea as part of Flotilla 15, Group 115.[1]

She was decommissioned on 4 May 1946 and stricken on 19 June 1946. US State Department then transferred her to the Taiwanese Navy but later seized by the China in 1950.[2]

Before being acquired in the navy, she serve in merchant service under the name Wanling and Zhong 112.

She sat at the Chinese Navy Museum as a museum ship in Qingdao, China from 1999 to 2005.[3] From 2005 to 1007, she was towed for dismantling.

LST-1008 earned one battle star for World War II service.[4]

References
  1. "US LCT 614 Chronology page". lct614.tripod.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  2. "LST-1008". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. "Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: The Chinese Naval Museum at Qingdao". www.hazegray.org. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  4. "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 27 November 2020.


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