USS LST-69
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 USS LST-69 on 4 October 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-69 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville |
| Laid down | 7 September 1942 |
| Launched | 20 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. S. F. Crum |
| Commissioned | 20 May 1943 |
| Stricken | 18 July 1944 |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Sunk by internal explosion, 21 May 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 or 6 x LCVPs |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-69 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career
LST-69 was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 28 August 1943 and commissioned on 6 October 1943.[2]
During World War II, LST-69 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operations from 13 November to 8 December 1943.
She was destroyed and sunk during the West Loch disaster alongside 5 other LSTs at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. On that day, she was moored with LST-205, LST-225, LST-274, LST-43, LST-179, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.[3]
LST-69 was struck from the Navy Register on 18 July 1944.[4]
Awards
LST-69 have earned the following awards:
Citations
- ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-43". NHHC. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster". www.uslst.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Sources
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
