USS LST-5
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Name: | USS LST-5 |
Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down: | 12 July 1942 |
Launched: | 3 October 1942 |
Commissioned: | 22 February 1943 |
Decommissioned: | 17 November 1944 |
Struck: | 1 August 1947 |
Honours and awards: | 3 battle stars (WWII) |
Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 7 October 1947 |
Name: | HM LST-5 |
Commissioned: | 18 November 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 19 February 1946 |
Fate: | Returned to US Navy |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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Length: | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft: |
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Propulsion: | 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range: | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried: | 6 × LCVPs |
Capacity: | 1600-1900 tons cargo |
Troops: | 14 officers, 131 enlisted men |
Complement: | 9 officers, 120 enlisted men |
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USS LST-5 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy during World War II.
Construction began on 12 July 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the ship was ready for launch on 3 October 1942. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Wanetta Rose Barker and was commissioned on 22 February 1943.
During its involvement in World War II, the LST-5 served in the European Theater, and participated in the Sicilian occupation (July 1943); Salerno landings (September 1943); and the Invasion of Normandy (June 1944). In November 1944 the LST-5 was sailed to Belfast, Northern Ireland and was taken over by British crewmen for service in India and the Far East.
The LST-5 was decommissioned after World War II, and was taken off the Navy list on 1 August 1947. LST-5 was sold to the Tung Hwa Trading Company of Singapore to be scrapped.
The LST-5 earned a total of 3 battle stars for its service in World War II.
References
- Photo gallery of USS LST-5 at NavSource Naval History
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.