USS LST-477, underway, 30 March 1943, location unknown.
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History |
United States |
Name | LST-477 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 997 |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 4, Richmond, California |
Cost | $1,711,380.19 |
Yard number | 32 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 12 August 1942 |
Launched | 29 October 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Mary K. McNeil |
Commissioned | 19 February 1943 |
Decommissioned | 25 April 1946 |
Reclassified | Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-477, 15 September 1945 |
Identification | |
Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars |
Fate | assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East |
Japan |
Operator | Shipping Control Authority for Japan |
In service | 25 April 1946 |
Out of service | date unknown |
Renamed | Q091 |
Fate | returned to USN |
United States |
Stricken | 28 August 1947 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 27 March 1948 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
- 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
- 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
- Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
- Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
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Installed power | |
Propulsion | |
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 |
Capacity |
- 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
- 350 tons main deckload
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament | |
Service record |
Part of: |
LST Flotilla 5 |
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