USS LST-928
USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) 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.
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Builder: | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number: | 3398[1] |
Laid down: | 1 June 1944 |
Launched: | 5 July 1944 |
Commissioned: | 30 July 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 13 December 1946 |
Renamed: | Cameron, 1 July 1955 |
Reclassified: | Self-propelled Barracks Ship, 1 July 1955 |
Stricken: | 1959 |
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Honors and awards: | 1 × battle star |
Fate: | Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 13 December 1946 |
Status: | Sold for commercial service, 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
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Length: | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
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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 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 |
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Part of: | LST Flotilla 6 |
Operations: | Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945) |
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Construction
LST-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944,[3] with Lieutenant C. R. Stearns, USNR, in command.
Service history
During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945.[3]
She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946,[3] and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River. She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960.[1]
Awards
LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with campaign star
- World War II Victory Medal
Bibliography
Online resources
- "LST-928". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 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 27 May 2017.
- "USS LST-928". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2017.