USSLST-909 underway, 12 May 1944, location unknown
History
United States
Name	LST-909
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3379[1]
Laid down	19 February 1944
Launched	3 April 1944
Commissioned	11 May 1944
Decommissioned	21 June 1946
Stricken	31 July 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-909 Code letters: NVPW
Honors and awards	2 ×battle star
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 May 1948
General characteristics[2]
Class & type	LST-542-classtank landing ship
Displacement	1,625long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoingdraft with 1,675short tons (1,520 t) load) 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length	328 ft (100 m)oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW)Electro-Motive Diesel12-567Adiesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk mainreduction gears 2 ×Propellers
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	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 ×20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Part of	LST Flotilla 14
Operations	Lingayen Gulf landings (4–18 January 1945) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1–15 April 1945)
Awards	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Liberation Medal

USSLST-909 was anLST-542-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

LST-909 was laid down on 19 February 1944, atHingham, Massachusetts, by theBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 3 April 1944; and commissioned on 11 May 1944.^[3][2]

During World War II, LST-909 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in theLuzon operation, theLingayen Gulf landings, in January 1945; and theAssault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, in April 1945.^[3]

Immediately following World War II,LST-909 performed occupation duty in theFar East until early February 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 21 June 1946, and struck from theNavy list on 31 July, that same year. On 19 May 1948, the ship was sold toKaiser Shipyards,Vancouver, Washington, for scrapping.^[3]

LST-909 earned twobattle star for World War II service.^[3]

• Photo gallery ofLST-909 at NavSource Naval History

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