 USSLST-865 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | LST-865 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.,Jeffersonville |
| Laid down | 19 October 1944 |
| Launched | 22 November 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Monetta S. Brendel |
| Commissioned | 16 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 December 1947 |
| Stricken | 22 January 1948 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | SeeAwards |
| Fate | Transferred toPhilippines, 30 December 1976 |
 Philippines | |
| Name | Albay |
| Namesake | Albay |
| Acquired | 30 December 1976 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1976 |
| Decommissioned | 1979 |
| Reclassified | LT-39 |
| Identification | Hull number: T-39 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-542-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 | 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 | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USSLST-865 was aLST-542-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. She was transferred to thePhilippine Navy asRPSAlbay (T-39).[1]
LST-865 waslaid down on 19 October 1944 atJeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.,Jeffersonville,Indiana.Launched on 22 November 1944 andcommissioned on 16 December 1944.[2]
During World War II,LST-865 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She was assigned to occupation andFar East from 3 September to 15 December 1947.
She wasdecommissioned on 30 Decommissioned 1947.
LST-865 was struck from theNavy Register on 22 January 1948 and transferred to thePhilippines.
She was acquired by thePhilippine Navy on 30 December 1976 and renamedRPSAlbay (T-39).
During theKorean War,RPS Cotabato,RPSPampanga,RPSBulacan, BRPAlbay, andBRP Misamis Oriental had been sent to transport Filipino soldiers to and fromKorea for five years.[3]Albay and Bulacan conducted anti-aircraft and anti-submarine drills with a U.S. Navy submarine which surfaced next toAlbay. Both ships then anchored at thePort of Busan, 12 days after they departedManila.[3] She made trips from 1953 to 1954 carrying troops to and back from Korea.
On 19 April 1974, a 20-day marathon on bicycles named Tour ofLuzon-Visayas with 200 participants boarded the ship at South Harbor in order to continue the marathon inTolosa.[4]
RPSAlbay,Bulacan andMisamis Oriental were allmothballed in 1979.[3]
LST-865 have earned the following awards:
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