USS
LST-459 , passed on port side of
Blue Ridge during either the Leyte landings or the Lingayen Gulf landings as she heads for the beach.
History United States Name LST-459 Ordered as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 979 Builder Kaiser Shipbuilding Company , Vancouver, Washington Yard number 163 Laid down 22 September 1942 Launched 29 October 1942 Commissioned 13 February 1943 Decommissioned 12 April 1946 Stricken 19 June 1946 Identification Honors and battle stars Fate Sold for scrapping, 31 October 1947 General characteristics Class and type LST-1 -classtank landing ship Displacement
4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length 328 ft (100 m ) oa Beam 50 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 Speed 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 2 or 6 x LCVPs Capacity
2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
350 tons main deckload
Troops 16 officers , 147 enlisted men Complement 13 officers, 104 enlisted men Armament
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USS LST-459 was a United States Navy LST-1 -classtank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II . As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
The ship was laid down on 22 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 979, by Kaiser Shipyards , Vancouver, Washington ; launched 29 October 1942; and commissioned on 13 February 1943,.
Service history
During World War II, LST-459 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater . She took part in the Bismarck Archipelago operation , the Cape Gloucester, New Britain , landings December through February 1944, and the Admiralty Islands landings in March 1944; the Hollandia operation in April 1944; the Western New Guinea operations , the Biak Islands operation in May and June 1944, the Noemfoor Island operation in July 1944, the Cape Sansapor operation in August 1944, and the Morotai landing in September 1944; the Leyte operation in November 1944; the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945; and the consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines during the Mindanao landings in March 1945, and the Sulu Archipelago landings in April 1945.
Post-war service
Following the war, LST-459 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 12 April 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 19 June, that same year. On 31 October 1947, the ship was sold to the New Orleans Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans , Louisiana, and subsequently scrapped.
Honors and awards
LST-459 earned six battle stars for her World War II service.
LST-1-class tank landing ships
LST-100 — LST-199
LST-100 — LST-116 cancelledLST-117 / LST(H)-117 / T-LST-117 LST-118 / LST(H)-118 LST-119 LST-120 LST-121 / LST(H)-121 LST-122 LST-123 / LST(H)-123 LST-124 LST-125 LST-126 LST-127 LST-128 LST-129 / Cohasset LST-130 LST-131 LST-132 Zeus LST-133 LST-134 LST-135 Orestes LST-136 Egeria LST-137 LST-138 LST-139 LST-140 LST-141 LST-142 — LST-156 cancelledLST-157 LST-158 LST-159 LST-160 LST-161 LST-162 LST-163 LST-164 LST-165 LST-166 LST-167 LST-168 LST-169 LST-170 LST-171 LST-172 LST-173 LST-174 LST-175 LST-176 / T-LST-176 LST-177 LST-178 LST-179 LST-180 LST-181 LST-182 — LST-196 cancelledLST-197 LST-198 LST-199
MARCOM ships built by the Kaiser Company (Vancouver, Washington), during World War II
United States
6 × battle stars
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