USSLST-924 andLST-1025 beached atTarakan Island, Borneo, 1 May 1945, while the heavy equipment ofNo. 61 Airfield Construction Wing RAAF is being unloaded.
History
United States
Name	LST-924
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3394[1]
Laid down	8 May 1944
Launched	17 June 1944
Commissioned	10 July 1944
Decommissioned	13 June 1946
Stricken	3 July 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-924 Code letters: NVOU
Honors & awards	4 ×battle star
Fate	Sold to theRoyal Thai Navy, 5 May 1947
Thailand
Name	Angthong
Namesake	Ang Thong Islands
Acquired	5 May 1947
Decommissioned	2006
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-1 (1947–1998) LST-711 (1998–)
Notes	She was discarded in 1978, but restored to servicec. 1994–1995.
General characteristics[2]
Class & type	LST-542-classtank landing ship
Displacement	1,625long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoingdraft with 1,675short 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	2 × 900 hp (670 kW)Electro-Motive Diesel12-567Adiesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk mainreduction gears 2 ×Propellers
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 xLCVPs
Capacity	1,600–1,900short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg)cargo depending on mission
Troops	16officers, 147enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 ×20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Operations:	Leyte landings (5–18 November 1944) Lingayen Gulf landings (4–18 January 1945) Visayan Island landings (18 March, 29 March–1 April 1945) Tarakan Island operation (27 April–5 May 1945)
Awards:	China Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Liberation Medal

USSLST-924 was anLST-542-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

LST-924 was laid down on 8 May 1944, atHingham, Massachusetts, by theBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 17 June 1944; and commissioned on 10 July 1944.^[3][2]

During World War II,LST-924 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in theLeyte landings in November 1944, theLingayen Gulf landings in January 1945, theVisayan Island landings in March and April 1945, and theTarakan Island operation in April and May 1945.^[3]

Following the war,LST-924 performed occupation duty in theFar East and saw service inChina until mid-May 1946. She was decommissioned on 13 June 1946, and struck from theNavy list on 3 July, that same year. On 5 May 1947, the ship was sold to theRoyal Thai Navy (RTN) where it operated as HTMSAngthong (LST-1).^[3]

HTMSAngthong (Thai:เรือหลวงอ่างทอง) had been discarded by the Royal Thai Navy by 1978, but was later restored to service circa 1994–1995. In 1998, she was renumberedLST-711.^[2] She was decommissioned in 2006.^[4] The name was later given to a new ship, anEndurance-classlanding platform dock ordered from Singapore and delivered on 19 April 2012, commissioned asHTMS Angthong (791).^[5]

LST-924 earned fourbattle star for World War II service.^[3]

• Photo gallery ofLST-924 at NavSource Naval History

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