USS LST-473

History
Name: USS LST-473
Builder: Kaiser Inc, Vancouver, Washington
Laid down: 10 July 1942
Launched: 9 December 1942
Commissioned: 16 March 1943
Struck: 17 April 1946
Identification:
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1948
General characteristics
Class & type: LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
  • 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) light
  • 3,880 long tons (3,942 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
Depth:
  • 8 ft (2.4 m) forward
  • 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) aft (full load)
Propulsion: 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 or 6 LCVPs
Troops: Approximately 140 officers and enlisted men
Complement: 8-10 officers, 100-115 enlisted men
Armament:
  • 5 × 40 mm guns
  • 6 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 × .50-cal machine guns
  • 4 × .30-cal machine guns

USS LST-473 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-473 was laid down on 10 July 1942 at Kaiser Inc. Vancouver, Washington and launched on 9 December 1942. She was commissioned on 16 March 1943.

Service history

During World War II, LST-473 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations: the landings at Lae (September 1943); the landings at Leyte (October 1944); the landings at Lingayen Gulf (January 1945); the Zambales-Subic Bay operations (January 1945) and landings at Mindanao Island (April 1945).

She was damaged by a Japanese aerial attack off Cape Ward Hunt, New Guinea on 4 September 1943.

LST-473 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 18 March 1946. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 April, before being sold on 21 April 1948 to Hughes Bros Inc, New York for scrap.

LST-471 earned five battle stars for World War II service.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

See also


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