History
United States
Name	LST-949
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3419[1]
Laid down	29 August 1944
Launched	30 September 1944
Commissioned	23 October 1944
Decommissioned	18 July 1946
Reclassified	Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945
Stricken	25 September 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-949 Hull symbol: LST(H)-949 Code letters: NVUZ
Honors and awards	1 ×battle star
Fate	Sold for commercial operations, 30 June 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
Operations	Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1 April–7 June 1945)
Awards	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp

USSLST-949/LST(H)-949 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.^[3]

LST-949 was laid down on 29 August 1944, atHingham, Massachusetts, by theBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 30 September 1944; and commissioned on 23 October 1944.^[4][2]

During World War II,LST-949 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific theater and participated in theassault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945.^[4]

On 15 September 1945, she was redesignatedLST(H)-949 and performed occupation duty in theFar East until mid-April 1946. The tank landing ship was decommissioned on 18 July 1946, and struck from theNavy list on 25 September, that same year. On 30 June 1948, she was sold to theHumble Oil & Refining Co., ofHouston, Texas, for operation.^[4]

LST-949 earned onebattle star for World War II service.^[4]

• Photo gallery of USSLST-949 at NavSource Naval History

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• World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
• Ships built in Hingham, Massachusetts
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