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USS LST 935
USS LST 935 1.jpg
Launch day
USS LST 935.jpg
Early 1946
History
Name USS LST 935
Owner US Navy
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number 3405
Launched 5 Aug 1944
Completed 29 Aug 1944
In service 29 Aug 1944
Out of service 2 Jul 1946
Fate scrapped 1947
General characteristics
Type Landing Ship Tank
Tonnage 4,080 tons
Length 328 ft
Beam 50 ft
Depth 3 ft 11 in fwd; 9 ft 10 in aft
Propulsion Twin screw
Speed 11.6 knots (17 km/h)
Capacity 117 crew; 163 troops



Remarks

During World War 2, LST-935 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Palawan Island landings (March 1945), the Mindanao Island landings (March & April 1945), the Visayan Island landings (April 1945), and the Balikpapan operation (June and July 1945).

Following the war, LST-935 undertook occupation duty in the Far East, seeing service in China until mid-April 1946. She was decommissioned on 2 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 15 August. The ship was sold on 29 Aug 1947, for scrapping.

Soldiers carried

Morotai to Balikpapan 10 - 16 July 1945