LST-460

Sunk

Tank landing ship, LST-460. Laid down at Vancouver, Washington, on 26 September 1942 and commissioned on 15 February 1943, Lieutenant Everett E. Weire in command. From the Solomons through Hollandia, Morotai, and Leyte to Mindoro. On 21 December 1944 an enemy aircraft attack off Mindoro sank her. Six battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation.

Type	Tank landing ship (LST)
Hull	LST-460
Builder	Kaiser, Vancouver
Launched	1942-10-31
Commissioned	1943-02-15
Fate	Sunk. On 21 December 1944 an enemy aircraft attack off Mindoro sank her. H-Gram 040 counts her with LST-749: both lost, and 107 of the 774 soldiers and sailors on the two ships. That figure is not hers alone. Struck from the Navy list on 19 January 1945.
Command	Weire, Everett E. Captain from 15 February 1943; DANFS names him at commissioning. The commissioning line on NavSource says USNR. The command table says Everett Emmitt Weire, USN, through 21 March 1944. Neither account says he was killed

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

EWWeire, Everett E.Captain from 15 February 1943DANFS names him at commissioning. The commissioning line on NavSource says USNR. The command table says Everett Emmitt Weire, USN, through 21 March 1944. Neither account says he was killed

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