USS LST-69

USS LST-69 on 4 October 1943
History
United States
NameLST-69
BuilderJeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville
Laid down7 September 1942
Launched20 February 1943
Sponsored byMrs. S. F. Crum
Commissioned20 May 1943
Stricken18 July 1944
Identification
Honors and
awards
See Awards
FateSunk by internal explosion, 21 May 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-69 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]

Construction and career

LST-69 was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 28 August 1943 and commissioned on 6 October 1943.[2]

During World War II, LST-69 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operations from 13 November to 8 December 1943.

She was destroyed and sunk during the West Loch disaster alongside 5 other LSTs at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. On that day, she was moored with LST-205, LST-225, LST-274, LST-43, LST-179, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.[3]

LST-69 was struck from the Navy Register on 18 July 1944.[4]

Awards

LST-69 have earned the following awards:

Citations

  1. ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "LST-43". NHHC. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster". www.uslst.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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