T-LST-399 on 11 April 1974
History
United States
NameLST-399
Owner
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News
Laid down28 September 1942
Launched23 November 1942
Commissioned4 January 1943
Decommissioned8 December 1945
Renamed
  • Q088, 1945
  • T-LST-399, 1952
  • IX-511
Stricken1 November 1973
Honours and
awards		See Awards
FateScrapped
General characteristics [1]
TypeLST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 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 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-399 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[2]

Construction and commissioning

LST-399 was laid down on 28 September 1942 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. Launched on 23 November 1942 and commissioned on 4 January 1943.[3]

During World War II, LST-399 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the occupation of New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu on 21 July and Vella Lavella from 15 and 26 August 1943. Assault on the Treasury Island from 27 October and 6 November 1943.[2]

The capture and occupation of Guam from 21 to 28 July 1944.[2]

The ship participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima from 19 to 25 February 1945 and later the assault and occupation of Okinawa from 1 to 14 April 1945.[2] After the end of the war, the ship was decommissioned on 8 December 1945 and Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), which the ship was re-designated as Q088.[3]

Military Sea Transportation Service acquired the ship on 31 March 1952 and re-designated again as T-LST-399.[2] On 1 November 1973, the T-LST-399 was struck from the Naval Register and was put into the mothball state at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, California.[4] She was later scrapped.[2]

According to Navsource.org, the ship was reinstated and renamed as IX-511, later struck on the Naval Register on 15 June 1985.[3]

LST-399 earned five battle star for World War II service.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Navsource 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "LST-399". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Tank Landing Ship LST-1010". www.navsource.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "NH 84849 USNS LST-399". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 February 2022.


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