USSLST-961 photographedc. 1944-46.
History
United States
Name	LST-961
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3431[1]
Laid down	13 October 1944
Launched	11 November 1944
Commissioned	6 December 1944
Decommissioned	23 July 1946
Stricken	28 August 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-961 Code letters: NKFU
Honors & awards	2 ×battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 10 December 1947
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 23
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (15 May–10 June 1945) Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Palawan Island landings (1–2 March 1945)
Awards:	China Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp

USSLST-961 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-961 was laid down on 13 October 1944, atHingham, Massachusetts, by theBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 11 November 1944; and commissioned on 6 December 1944.^[3][2]

During World War II,LST-961 was assigned to theAsiatic-Pacific theater and participated in thePalawan Island landings in March 1945, and theassault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May and June 1945.^[3]

Following the war, she performed occupation duty in theFar East and saw service inChina until mid-April 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 23 July 1946, and struck from theNavy list on 28 August, that same year. On 10 December 1947, the ship was sold toThe Learner Co.,Oakland, California, for scrapping.^[3]

LST-961 earned twobattle stars for World War II service.^[3]

• Photo gallery of USSLST-961 at NavSource Naval History

• LST-542-class tank landing ships
• World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
• Ships built in Hingham, Massachusetts
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