USS LST-39
USS LST-39 and Invalid Optional Parameter still ablaze on 22 May 1944.
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| Name: | LST-39 |
| Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 29 July 1943 |
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| Struck: | 18 July 1944 |
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| Fate: | Sunk, 21 May 1944 |
| Status: | Lost in the West Loch Disaster, later refloated. |
| In service: | Unkown |
| Out of service: | c. July 1945 – January 1946 |
| Renamed: | YF-1079 |
| Reclassified: | Spare Parts Issue Barge |
| Struck: | 25 February 1946 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol: YF-1079 |
| Fate: | Destroyed, 1946 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement |
| Length: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship length |
| Beam: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship beam |
| Draft: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship draft |
| Installed power: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship power |
| Propulsion: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion |
| Speed: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship speed |
| Range: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship range |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship boats |
| Capacity: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity |
| Troops: | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
| Armament: | Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship armament |
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USS LST-39 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
LST-39 was laid down on 23 April 1943, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 29 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. L. A. Mertz; and commissioned on 8 September 1943.[2]
Service history
During World War II, LST-39 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, but saw no combat action.[2] She sank 21 May 1944, as part of the West Loch disaster and she was struck from the Navy list on 18 July 1944.[1]
She was later refloated, converted to a spare parts issue barge, and redesignated YF-1079.[2] In early October 1945, YF-1079 was in Buckner Bay, when typhoon Louise passed over. She was one of over 200 US military vessels to be grounded or severely damaged. During the storm she was struck by another ship, severely damaging her starboard side. She was again struck from the Navy list 25 February 1946, and destroyed August 1946.[1]
See also
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- Photo gallery of USS LST-39 at NavSource Naval History
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