USS LST-871

USS LST-871 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.

Eleven LSTs moored at the Yonabaru Pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945. From right to left: LST-819, LST-879, LST-681, LST-926, LST-944, LST(H)-?, LST-715, LST-918, LST-871, ?, ?. US Navy photo 21st USNCB Neg. No. 204.
History
United States
Name: LST-871
Builder: Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down: 9 November 1944
Launched: 20 December 1944
Commissioned: 18 January 1945
Decommissioned: 4 October 1946
Reclassified: Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945
Stricken: 13 November 1946
Identification:
Fate: Sold for commercial operations, 30 June 1948
General characteristics [1]
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 32

Construction

LST-871 was laid down on 9 November 1944, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co.; launched on 20 December 1944; and commissioned on 18 January 1945. Lieutenant Frank W. Summers, USNR, in command.[1]

Service history

During World War II LST-871 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater.[2]

LST-871 was redesignated LSTH-871 on 15 September 1945. Following World War II, LSTH-871 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early May 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 4 October 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 13 November that same year. On 30 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil & Refining Co. in Houston, Texas, for operation.[2]

The ship's wartime commanding officer, Frank W. Summers, was promoted to lieutenant commander by the end of his command, and later served as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.[3]

Citations
  1. Navsource 2018.
  2. DANFS.
  3. Obit.

Bibliography
  • "LST-871". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 18 May 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "USS LST-871". Navsource.org. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  • ""Former chief justice of state Supreme Court dies Tuesday"". Abbeville Meridional. 27 January 1993. p. 1, 5.


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