USS LST-992

Career
Name: USS LST-992
Builder: Boston Navy Yard
Laid down: 5 March 1944
Launched: 7 April 1944
Commissioned: 10 May 1944
Decommissioned: 9 August 1946
Struck: 25 September 1946
Honours and
awards:		 1 battle star (World War II)
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 13 June 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-992 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-992 was laid down on 5 March 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Frances C. Landers; and commissioned on 10 May 1944, with Lt. Stanley J. Kerr, USNR, in command.

Service history

During World War II, LST-992 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early April 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 9 August 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 25 September that same year. On 13 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping.

LST-992 earned one battle star 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.