| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSLST-559 |
| Builder | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company,Evansville,Indiana |
| Laid down | 14 February 1944 |
| Launched | 18 April 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Carl J. Futter |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
| Honors and awards | Fourbattle stars forWorld War II |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-542-classtank landing ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power | 1,800horsepower (1.34megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two 900-horsepower (0.67-megawatt)General Motors 12-567diesel engines, two shafts, twinrudders |
| Speed | 12knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nautical miles (44,448 kilometerss) at 9knots while displacing 3,960 tons |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 xLCVPs |
| Capacity | 1,600-1,900 tonscargo depending on mission |
| Troops | 16officers, 147enlisted men |
| Complement | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
| Armament |
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USSLST-559 was aUnited States NavyLST-542-classtank landing ship in commission from 1944 to 1946.
LST-559 was laid down on 14 February 1944 atEvansville,Indiana, by theMissouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She waslaunched on 18 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Carl J. Futter, andcommissioned on 9 May 1944.
DuringWorld War II,LST-559 was assigned to thePacific Theater of Operations. She participated in thecapture and occupation of the southernPalau Islands in September and October 1944. She then took part in thePhilippines campaign, participating in theLeyte landings in October and November 1944 andinvasion of atLingayen Gulf in January 1945. She then participated in theassault on and occupation ofOkinawa Gunto in April 1945.
Following the war,LST-559 performed occupation duty in theFar East and service inChina until mid-May 1946.
LST-559 wasdecommissioned on 1 June 1946 atNaval Station Subic Bay onLuzon in the Philippines. She stricken from theNavy List on 19 June 1946. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey in the Philippines, where her hulk was sunk to extend thebreakwater inSubic Bay.[1]
LST-559 earned fourbattle stars for her World War II service.
Final Disposition, sunk in Subic Bay to form an extension to the bay's breakwater
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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