USS LST-924

USS LST-924 and LST-1025 beached at Tarakan Island, Borneo, 1 May 1945, while the heavy equipment of No. 61 Airfield Construction Wing RAAF is being unloaded.
History
United States
Name: LST-924
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3394[1]
Laid down: 8 May 1944
Launched: 17 June 1944
Commissioned: 10 July 1944
Decommissioned: 13 June 1946
Struck: 3 July 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 4 × battle star
Fate: Sold to the Royal Thai Navy, 5 May 1947
Thailand
Name: Angthong
Namesake: Ang Thong Province
Acquired: 5 May 1947
Identification:
  • Hull symbol: LST-1 (1947–1998)
  • LST-711 (1998–)
Fate: active in the Royal Thai Navy as of 2006
Notes: She was discarded in 1978, but restored to service c. 1994–1995.
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
Operations:
Awards:

USS LST-924 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-924 was laid down on 8 May 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 17 June 1944; and commissioned on 10 July 1944,[3] with Lieutenant Leeland Tinsley, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-924 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Leyte landings in November 1944, the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945, the Visayan Island landings in March and April 1945, and the Tarakan Island operation in April and May 1945.[3]

Following the war, LST-924 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-May 1946. She was decommissioned on 13 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July, that same year. On 5 May 1947, the ship was sold to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) where it operated as HTMS Angthong (LST-1).[3]

Thai Service

Angthong had been discarded by the Royal Thai Navy by 1978, but was later restored to service circa 1994–1995. In 1998, she was renumbered LST-711. She was still in active service as of 2006,[2] but her name has been given to a new ship, a Republic of Singapore Navy Endurance-class landing platform dock that was sold to the RTN 19 April 2012, so it is likely that she has been decommissioned.[4]

Awards

LST-924 earned four battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

    Citations

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-924". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 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 25 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-924". Navsource.org. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
    • "Navy officially welcomes HTMS Ang Thong to fleet". Chon Buri: Bangkok Post. 20 Apr 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2017.


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