USN · LST
AfloatTank landing ship, LST-727, of the LST-542 class. Jeffersonville Boat and Machine launched her on 10 September 1944 and the Navy commissioned her on 4 October 1944. Her own short history names no battle star. On 23 March 1945 she was on Yellow Beach at Iwo Jima, and Zuni grounded while trying to pull her off. Zebra's history says that ship pulled both of them clear. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 26 July 1946.
| Type | Tank landing ship (LST) |
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| Hull | LST-727 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Launched | 1944-09-10 |
| Commissioned | 1944-10-04 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned on 26 July 1946. Struck on 28 August 1946. The Dictionary dates the sale to Steele Powers on 15 June 1948. NavSource dates that sale in 1946. Later the Canadian hulls Stanolind 56, R.A. McInnis, and Fort Lennox. 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-727 at berth 11, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor, 13 or 14 August 1945. USS Sigsbee (DD-502) is outboard and USS Corregidor (CVE-58) is across the berth. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-K-6051, now in the National Archives. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · Her own short history names no assault. On 23 March 1945 she was on Yellow Beach, and Zuni grounded while trying to pull her off. Zebra's history says that ship pulled both of them clear. Not sunk.
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