USS LST-940

USS LST-940 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.

USS LST-940 with LCT-1126 on deck in 1945-1946.
History
United States
Name: LST-940
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number: 3410[1]
Laid down: 25 July 1944
Launched: 26 August 1944
Commissioned: 20 September 1944
Decommissioned: 13 July 1946
Struck: 28 August 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 2 × battle star
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 13 June 1948
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 21
Operations:
Awards:

Construction

LST-940 was laid down on 25 July 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 26 August 1944; and commissioned on 20 September 1944,[3] Lieutenant Gerald. F. Leedy, USN, in command.[2]

Service history

During World War II LST-940 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945.[3]

Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early April 1946. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 31 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 28 August, that same year. On 13 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co., for scrapping.[3]

Awards

LST-940 earned two battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
    2. Navsource 2015.
    3. DANFS.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-940". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 June 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 1 June 2017.
    • "USS LST-940". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2017.


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