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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | LST-649 |
| Builder | Chicago Bridge and Iron Company,Seneca |
| Laid down | 19 July 1944 |
| Launched | 6 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 26 October 1944 |
| Renamed | T-LST-649 |
| Decommissioned | 5 March 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 31 March 1952 |
| Decommissioned | Late 1960s |
| Fate | Sold toRepublic of Singapore Navy, 5 December 1975 |
 Singapore | |
| Name | Resolution |
| Namesake | Resolution |
| Acquired | 5 December 1975 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1971 (on loan) |
| Decommissioned | 1999 |
| Homeport | Tuas Naval Base |
| Identification | Pennant number: L-204 |
| Status | Training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-542-classtank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Propulsion | 2 ×General Motors12-567diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed | 12knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 ×LCVPs |
| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Deck ashelipad |
USSLST-649 originally was aUnited States NavyLST-542-classtank landing ship built duringWorld War II and in commission from 1944 to 1946 and again in the late 1952. She was sold to theRepublic of Singapore Navy and renamedRSSResolution (L-204).[1]
USSLST-649 was laid down on 19 July 1944 atSeneca, Illinois, by theChicago Bridge and Iron Company. She waslaunched on 6 October 1944 andcommissioned on 26 October 1944.
DuringWorld War II,LST-649 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific Campaign and participated inOkinawa Gunto Operations, the invasion of southernOkinawa on 26 March to 30 June 1945. At the close of World War II,LST-649 remained in active service in Amphibious Force,United States Navy on theFar East.LST-649 was decommissioned on 5 March 1946, assigned forCommander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE)Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP) and redesignated asQ058.
LST-649 was transferred to theMilitary Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 31 March 1952 and redesignated asUSNS T-LST-649.
T-LST-649 made a trip toVietnam during theVietnam War carrying cargos. She beached at a ramp north ofChu LaiVietnam Marine compound on 12 March 1966. She was stricken and decommissioned in late 1960s.
On loan since 1 July 1971,T-LST-649 was finally sold toSingapore on 5 December 1975 and renamedRSSResolution (L-204).Resolution, along with four other ex-US Navy LSTs sold to Singapore by the US at around the same period of time, served as part of the RSN's 191 Squadron of the 3rd Flotilla, with its main roles being transporting Singapore Army troops and personnel to training facilities abroad (in foreign countries such as Taiwan), rescue-and-aid operations, supply missions as well as for officer-cadet training programmes conducted overseas.
While docked alongsideBedok Jetty in support ofOperation Thunderstorm,Resolution provided shelter to 269 Vietnamese refugees who had landed atTanjong Rhu in a fishing trawler during a storm on 17 December 1978. The refugees were provided with fuel and supplies to leave Singapore for another destination on 18 December.[2]
Resolution and her sister ships were decommissioned in 1999 following the commissioning ofRSS Endurance (207).
Resolution now docked inTuas Naval Base,Singapore to this day as atraining ship since 2000s and sometimes spotted holding containers on its deck.[3] RSSResolution is last in existence of theLST-542-class in theRepublic of Singapore Navy.[4]
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