USN · LST
AfloatTank landing ship, LST-944, of the LST-542 class. Bethlehem-Hingham launched her in September 1944 and the Navy commissioned her on 4 October 1944. She took part in the Iwo Jima assault, 20 to 28 February 1945, and was photographed on Yellow Beach on 23 March with an engine out and Zuni alongside. She was at Okinawa from 17 April to 7 June 1945. Two battle stars. Not sunk. Sold for scrap in 1947.
| Type | Tank landing ship (LST) |
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| Hull | LST-944 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 1944-09-13 |
| Commissioned | 1944-10-04 |
| Fate | Afloat. Decommissioned in December 1945. NavSource and uboat.net date that day 9 December. The Dictionary dates it 19 December. Struck on 8 January 1946. Sold on 26 September 1947 to the Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, for scrapping. Two 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-944 beached on Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima, 23 March 1945, with USS Zuni (ATF-95) alongside. The NavSource caption says one or both of her engines were out. Zuni's Dictionary separates this beaching from the grounding that same day while Zuni was working on LST-727. U.S. Navy photograph, via NavSource. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · Assault and occupation, 20 to 28 February 1945. On 23 March a photograph shows her beached on Yellow Beach with Zuni alongside and her engines out. That day is after the battle-star window. Not sunk.
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17 April to 7 June 1945. On 23 July she was among the landing ships at the Yonabaru pier. Not sunk.
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