USS LST 1016
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 USS LST-1016 at Balikpapan, Borneo, late 1945. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USS LST 1016 |
| Owner | US Navy |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass |
| Launched | 25 Apr 1944 |
| In service | 10 May 1944 |
| Out of service | 26 Jun 1946 |
| Fate | sold for scrapping, 9 December 1947, to the Learner Co., Oakland, CA. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Landing Craft Tank |
| Tonnage | 4,080 tons |
| Length | 328' (100m) |
| Beam | 50' (15.24m) |
| Depth | landing 3'11" (1.2m) fwd; 9'10" (3.0m)aft |
| Propulsion | Twin screw and rudders |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3kn/h) |
| Capacity | 117 crew plus 163 troops |
Armament
- 2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
- 4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
- 12 single 20MM gun mounts
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Remarks
Able to travel 24,000 miles @ 9 knots while laden with tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck. Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting.
Assigned to the Asiatic - Pacific theatre she participated in the landing at Mindanao Island in April 1945 and Balikpapan in June and July 1945 before performing occupation duty in the Far East until February 1946.
Battle Honours
- capture of southern Phillippiones
- Borneo