USS LST-843

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Career
From front to back, LST-796, LST-794, LST-843, an unidentified LST, and LST-1030 beached, date and location unknown while disembarking troops.
Laid down:	13 October 1944
Launched:	29 November 1944
Commissioned:	23 December 1944
Decommissioned:	18 December 1947
Fate:	Unknown
Struck:	22 January 1948
General characteristics
Displacement:	1490 tons (light), 4,080 tons (full)
Length:	328 ft 0 in
Beam:	50 ft 0 in
Draft:	Bow 2'-4", stern 7'-6" (unloaded) bow 8'-2", stern 14'-1" (unloaded)
Propulsion:	Two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed:	12 knots
Depth:	8' fwd; 14'-4" aft (full load)
Complement:	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Troop capacity:	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Boats:	Two LCVPs
Armament:	Eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns

USS LST-843 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-843 was laid down on 13 October 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company; launched on 29 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. R. S. Dyson; and commissioned on 23 December 1944 with Lieutenant V. W. Tracy in command. During World War II, LST-843 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June, 1945. Following the War, the ship performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early December, 1947. She was decommissioned on 18 December 1947, transferred to the Philippines and renamed BPR Bulacan. On 22 January 1948 the tank landing ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.