USS LST-896

Career
Name: USS LST-896
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 6 October 1944
Launched: 18 November 1944
Commissioned: 20 December 1944
Decommissioned: 3 December 1945
Struck: 3 January 1946
Fate: Destroyed, 8 March 1946
General characteristics
Class and type:LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement:1,490 long tons (1,514 t) light
4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length:328 ft (100 m)
Beam:50 ft (15 m)
Draft:8 ft (2.4 m) forward
14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) aft
Propulsion:2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts
Speed:10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph)
Complement:7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:• 6 × 40 mm guns
• 6 × 20 mm guns

USS LST-896 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.

LST-896 was laid down on 6 October 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 18 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Russell D. Strouse; and commissioned on 20 December 1944, Lt. Vinton C. Vint in command.

Service history

Following World War II, LST-896 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early December 1945. She was decommissioned on 3 December 1945 and struck from the Navy list on 3 January 1946. Her typhoon-damaged hulk was destroyed on 8 March 1946.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.