USN · LST
AfloatTank landing ship, LST-715, of the LST-542 class, later De Kalb County. Jeffersonville Boat and Machine launched her on 20 July 1944 and the Navy commissioned her on 15 August 1944. Battle stars for Iwo Jima, 19 February to 3 March 1945, and for Okinawa, 1 May to 7 June 1945. A photograph shows her on Green Beach on 25 February. On 23 July she was at the Yonabaru pier. Not sunk. Scrapped in 1984.
| Type | Tank landing ship (LST) |
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| Hull | LST-715 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Launched | 1944-07-20 |
| Commissioned | 1944-08-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned on 17 April 1946 at Manicani Island. Later the Army transport USAT LST-715, then recommissioned in 1950 and named De Kalb County on 1 July 1955. Out of service and struck as USNS De Kalb County (T-LST-715) on 1 November 1973. Disposed of for scrap on 30 April 1984. Two World War II battle stars. Not sunk in the war. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS LST-715 on Green Beach, Iwo Jima, 25 February 1945, ramp down. U.S. Navy photograph now in the National Archives. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · Assault and occupation, 19 February to 3 March 1945. A Navy photograph shows her on Green Beach on 25 February. Not sunk.
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 May to 7 June 1945. On 23 July she was at the Yonabaru pier, after the first unnamed hull in that caption. Not sunk.
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