USS LST-928

History
United States
Name:
  • LST-928 (1944–1955)
  • Cameron (1955–1959)
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3398[1]
Laid down: 1 June 1944
Launched: 5 July 1944
Commissioned: 30 July 1944
Decommissioned: 13 December 1946
Renamed: Cameron, 1 July 1955
Reclassified: Self-propelled Barracks Ship, 1 July 1955
Struck: 1959
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 1 × battle star
Fate: Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 13 December 1946
Status: Sold for commercial service, 1959
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light)
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load)
  • 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length: 328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft:
  • Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
  • Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
  • Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
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:
Service record
Part of: LST Flotilla 6
Operations: Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945)
Awards:

USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) 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-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944,[3] with Lieutenant C. R. Stearns, USNR, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945.[3]

She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946,[3] and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River.[2] She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960.[1]

Awards

LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

    Citations

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-928". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 May 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-928". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


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