LST-689 unloading at sea, date and place unknown |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS LST-689 |
| Builder: | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company, Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Laid down: | 11 January 1944 |
| Launched: | 9 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Edith C. Smith |
| Commissioned: | 2 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | March 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Renamed: | USS Daggett County (LST-689), 1 July 1955 |
| Namesake: | Daggett County, Utah |
| Struck: | 1 October 1959 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Japan, 1961 |
| Career (Japan) | |
| Name: | JDS Oosumi |
| Acquired: | 1961 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Philippines, 1975 |
| Career (Philippines) | |
| Name: | BRP Davao Oriental (LT-506) |
| Acquired: | 1975 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) light 3,640 long tons (3,698 t) full |
| Length: | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft: | Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 LCVPs |
| Troops: | Approximately 140 officers and enlisted men |
| Complement: | 8-10 officers, 100-115 enlisted men |
| Armament: | • 1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun mount • 8 × 40 mm guns • 12 × 20 mm guns |
USS LST-689 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Late in her career she was renamed Daggett County (LST-689)—after Daggett County, Utah, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name—but never saw active service under that name.
LST-689 was laid down on 11 January 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 9 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edith C. Smith; and commissioned on 2 May 1944 with Lieutenant F. D. McKay, USNR, in command.
During World War II, LST-689 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the capture and occupation of the southern Palau Islands in September and October, 1944. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned in March, 1946.
The tank landing ship performed no active post-World War II service. On 1 July 1955 the ship was redesignated USS Daggett County (LST-689); she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1959.
USS Daggett County was transferred to Japan in 1961. Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines in 1975, and named BRP Davao Oriental (LT-506). She was sold for scrapping by the Philippine Navy.
LST-689 earned one battle star for World War II service.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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