USS LST-986

Career
Name: USS LST-986
Builder: Boston Navy Yard
Laid down: 15 January 1944
Launched: 5 March 1944
Commissioned: 14 April 1944
Decommissioned: 18 July 1946
Struck: 28 August 1946
Honours and
awards:		 3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 4 November 1948
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-986 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-986 was laid down on 15 January 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 5 March 1944; and commissioned on 14 April 1944, with Lt. Harold G. Waite, USNR in command.

Service history

During World War II, LST-986 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations; capture and occupation of Guam (July and August 1944), Lingayen Gulf landings (January 1945), assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April and May 1945).

Following the war, LST-986 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 18 July 1946 and struck from the Navy List on 28 August that same year. On 4 November 1948, the ship was sold to the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, for scrapping.

LST-986 earned three battle stars for World War II service.

References

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