USN · LST
AfloatTank landing ship, LST-871, of the LST-542 class, later the hospital landing ship LST(H)-871. Jeffersonville Boat and Machinery launched her on 20 December 1944 and the Navy commissioned her on 15 January 1945. No numbered battle star. On 23 July 1945 she was at the Yonabaru pier, after LST-918. At Bikini in July 1946 for the Rongerik evacuation unit of Operation Crossroads. Not sunk. Sold in 1948.
| Type | Tank landing ship (LST) |
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| Hull | LST-871 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat and Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Launched | 1944-12-20 |
| Commissioned | 1945-01-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Redesignated LST(H)-871 on 15 September 1945. Decommissioned on 4 October 1946. Struck on 13 November 1946. Sold on 30 June 1948 to Humble Oil and Refining Co., Houston, for commercial operation. NavSource gives no merchant name. No numbered battle star. 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.
Landing ships at the Yonabaru pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945. LST-871 is the named hull after LST-918 and before two unnamed hulls. U.S. Navy photograph, 21st Naval Construction Battalion negative 204. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · No numbered battle star. On 23 July 1945 she was at the Yonabaru pier, after LST-918 and before two unnamed hulls. The Asiatic-Pacific medal on her record has no star numeral. Not sunk.
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