USS LST-34
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USS LST-34 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
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Name | LST-34 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 15 March 1943 |
Launched | 15 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Verne C. Cobb |
Commissioned | 26 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1946 |
Stricken | 23 December 1947 |
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Honors and awards | 6 × battle stars |
Fate | Transferred to Military Government, Ryukyus, 1 December 1946 |
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In service | 1 December 1946 |
Out of service | January 1949 |
Fate | Ran aground in the Far East, January 1949, hulk abandoned |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 24,000 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 |
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 16 |
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