USS LST-871
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Name | LST-871 |
Builder | Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana |
Laid down | 9 November 1944 |
Launched | 20 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1946 |
Reclassified | Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945 |
Stricken | 13 November 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for commercial operations, 30 June 1948 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power | |
Propulsion |
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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 x LCVPs |
Capacity | 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Part of: | LST Flotilla 32 |
USS LST-871 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
Construction[]
LST-871 was laid down on 9 November 1944, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the ; launched on 20 December 1944; and commissioned on 18 January 1945. Lieutenant Frank W. Summers, USNR, in command.[1]
Service history[]
During World War II LST-871 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater.[2]
LST-871 was redesignated LSTH-871 on 15 September 1945. Following World War II, LSTH-871 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early May 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 4 October 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 13 November that same year. On 30 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil & Refining Co. in Houston, Texas, for operation.[2]
The ship's wartime commanding officer, Frank W. Summers, was promoted to lieutenant commander by the end of his command, and later served as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.[3]
Citations[]
Bibliography[]
- "LST-871". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "USS LST-871". Navsource.org. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ""Former chief justice of state Supreme Court dies Tuesday"". Abbeville Meridional. 27 January 1993. p. 1, 5.
External links[]
- Photo gallery of USS LST-871 at NavSource Naval History
- 1944 ships
- LST-542-class tank landing ships
- Ships built in Jeffersonville, Indiana
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States