USS LST-465
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USS LST-465 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.
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USS LST-465, moored in a nest of LSTs, date and location unknown. | |
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Name | LST-465 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 985[1] |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
Yard number | 169[1] |
Laid down | 17 December 1942 |
Launched | 9 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 February 1943 |
Decommissioned | 8 March 1946 |
Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 6 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 30 September 1947 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and 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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