 USSLST-25 duringNormandy landings | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-25 |
| Builder | Dravo Corporation,Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down | 12 October 1942 |
| Launched | 9 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Dolly Hemphill |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 2 August 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards |  2 ×battle stars |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 31 March 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-1-classtank 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 xLCVPs |
| Capacity | 1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg)cargo depending on mission |
| Troops | 16officers, 147enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | LST Flotilla Thirty-Five (Asiatic-Pacific Theater) |
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USSLST-25 was aUnited States NavyLST-1-classtank landing ship used in theEuropean Theater of Operations andAsiatic-Pacific Theater duringWorld War II.
LST-25 was laid down on 12 October 1942 atWilmington, Delaware, by theDravo Corporation. She waslaunched on 9 March 1943, sponsored by Miss Dolly Hemphill, andcommissioned on 3 May 1943.[1][2]
She was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater. During her transit of the Atlantic,LST-25 was manned by theUnited States Coast Guard.[2] It is not clear whenLST-25 crossed the Atlantic but there are records of some of theconvoys that she participated in. She sailed withConvoy KMS 23, in August 1943, during part of its journey fromGibraltar, toPort Said,Egypt, sailing fromOran,Algeria, toBizerta,Tunisia.[3] She was handed over to a US Navy crew inBizerte, Tunisia, on 23 August 1943.[2]LST-25 sailed fromAlgiers,Algeria, toPort Said,Egypt, in October 1943, this time joining withConvoy UGS 19.[4]
She leftBombay,India, 11 November 1943, forColombo,British Ceylon, arriving on 16 November.[5] At the end of December she leftCalcutta, with 11 LSTs headed for Colombo, British Ceylon, arriving 27 December 1943.[6]
LST-25 joinedConvoy MKS 38 atBizerta,Tunisia, in January 1944, as it was en route toGibraltar, arriving 1 February.[7] FormingConvoy MKS 38G[8] she rendezvoused withConvoy SL 147 and sailed forLiverpool on 2 February, arriving on 13 February 1944.[9]
LST-25 took part in theNormandy landings during June 1944.[2]
LST-25 left fromNew York City, on 17 January 1945, as part ofConvoy NG 484 bound forGuantanamo,Cuba, where she arrived on 23 January.[10] She then left the next day as part ofConvoy GZ 117 en route to thePanama Canal Zone andCristóbal, Colón, where she arrived on 27 January.[11]
LST-25 was then transferred to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater where she participated with theassault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto during May 1945.[2]
Following the war,LST-25 performed occupation duty in theFar East from September 1945 through March 1946.[1] She was decommissioned on 2 August 1946, and was struck from theNavy list on 8 October 1946. On 31 March 1948, she was sold to theKaiser Co., Inc.,Seattle, Washington, for scrapping.[2]
LST-25 earned twobattle stars for her World War II service.[1]
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