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{{Infobox ship
 
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| image          = [[File:USS_LST_721.jpg]]
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| caption        = LST 721 at Blue Beach Morotai while landing Aust Units AWM photo 109228
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| image2        = [[File:USS_LST_721_1.jpg]]
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| caption2      = USS LST-721 entering San Francisco Bay c1945 US Naval History & Heritage photo NH83638
 
| shipname = USS LST 721
 
| shipname = USS LST 721
 
| shipowner =  
 
| shipowner =  
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| shipbuilder = Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
 
| shipyardnumber =
 
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| shiplaunched = 7 Aug 1945
| shipcompleted =
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| shipcompleted = September 1945
| shipinservice =
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| shipinservice = 9 Sep 1945
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| shipoutofservice = 10 Jun 1947
 
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| shipoutofservice2 =
 
| shipreclassified =
 
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| shipID = NFTW
| shipfate =
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| shipfate = unknown
| shiptype =
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| shiptype = Landing Ship Tank
| shiptonnage =  
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| shiptonnage = 4,080 tons
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| shiplength = 328 ft (99.98m)
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| shipbeam = 50 ft (15.24m)
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| shipdepth = draft 8 ft 3 in fwd; 14 ft 1  in aft
| shippropulsion =
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| shippropulsion =Twin screw
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| shipspeed = 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
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| shipcapacity = 13 officers 104 enlisted plus 163 troops
 
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Armament:
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* 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts
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* 4 x single 40mm gun mounts
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* 12 x single 20mm gun mounts
  
 
==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==

Latest revision as of 02:22, 24 July 2022

USS LST 721
USS LST 721.jpg
LST 721 at Blue Beach Morotai while landing Aust Units AWM photo 109228
USS LST 721 1.jpg
USS LST-721 entering San Francisco Bay c1945 US Naval History & Heritage photo NH83638
History
Name USS LST 721
Builder Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Launched 7 Aug 1945
Completed September 1945
In service 9 Sep 1945
Out of service 10 Jun 1947
Fate unknown
General characteristics
Type Landing Ship Tank
Tonnage 4,080 tons
Length 328 ft (99.98m)
Beam 50 ft (15.24m)
Depth draft 8 ft 3 in fwd; 14 ft 1 in aft
Propulsion Twin screw
Speed 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Capacity 13 officers 104 enlisted plus 163 troops


Armament:

  • 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts
  • 4 x single 40mm gun mounts
  • 12 x single 20mm gun mounts

Remarks

LST-721 was laid down on 3 July 1944 by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. of Indiana. She was launched on 7 Aug 1944 and commissioned on 9 September 1944. LST-721 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Visayan Island landings between March and April 1945, and the Balikpapan operation during June and July 1945.

Following the war, LST-721 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945. She was decommissioned on 24 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 15 August. The ship was reinstated for a short period from 21 Nov 1946 to 10 June 1947, after which she was sold to Green's Bayou Transports, New Orleans on 8 Mar 1948.

Soldiers carried

Morotai to Balikpapan 9 - ?? Jul 1945