 USSLST-179 andUSS LST-78 on 4 October 1943 | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-179 |
| Builder | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co.,Evansville |
| Laid down | 7 February 1943 |
| Launched | 30 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Milford M. Miller |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1943 |
| Stricken | 18 July 1944 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards | SeeAwards |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-1-classtank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m)oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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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 xLCVPs |
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| Troops | 16officers, 147enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USSLST-179 was aLST-1-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II.[1]
LST-179 waslaid down on 7 February 1943 atMissouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co.,Evansville,Indiana.Launched on 30 May 1943 andcommissioned on 3 July 1943.[2]
During World War II,LST-179 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in theGilbert Islands operations from 13 November to 8 December 1943.
She was destroyed and sunk during theWest Loch disaster alongside 5 other LSTs atPearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. On that day, she was moored withLST-205,LST-225,LST-274,LST-43,LST-69,LST-353, andLST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.[3]
LST-179 was struck from theNavy Register on 18 July 1944.[1]
In 1945, she was raised but deemed too expensive to be repaired thus she was towed out to sea and sunk again as a target ship for torpedoes.[4]
LST-179 have earned the following awards:
