USSLST-935 inSan Francisco Bay,c. early 1946.
History
United States
Name	LST-935
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3405[1]
Laid down	3 July 1944
Launched	5 August 1944
Commissioned	29 August 1944
Decommissioned	2 July 1946
Stricken	15 August 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-935 Code letters: NVRX
Honors & awards	2 ×battle star
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 29 August 1947
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:	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Palawan Island landings (1–2 March 1945) Visayan Island landings (18 March, 28 March–1 April 1945) Mindanao Island landings (17–23 April 1945) Balikpapan operation (26 June–9 July 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-935 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-935 was laid down on 3 July 1944, atHingham, Massachusetts, by theBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 August 1944; and commissioned on 29 August 1944.^[3][2]

During World War II,LST-935 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific theater and participated in thePalawan Island landings in March 1945, theMindanao Island landings in March and April 1945, theVisayan Island landings in April 1945, and theBalikpapan operation in June and July 1945.^[3]

Following the war,LST-935 performed occupation duty in theFar East and saw service inChina until mid-April 1946. She was decommissioned on 2 July 1946, and struck from theNavy list on 15 August, that same year. The ship was sold toConsolidated Builders, Inc.,Seattle, Washington, on 29 August 1947, for scrapping.^[3]

LST-935 earned twobattle star for World War II service.^[3]

• Photo gallery of USSLST-935 at NavSource Naval History

• LST-542-class tank landing ships
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• Ships built in Hingham, Massachusetts
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