USS LST-474
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USS LST-474 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-474, beached at Aitape, North East New Guinea, 12 December 1944, while Royal Australian and US forces load men and equipment for an upcoming landing. | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-474 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 994[1] |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
Yard number | 178[1] |
Laid down | 7 November 1942 |
Launched | 12 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 March 1943 |
Decommissioned | 4 March 1946 |
Stricken | 22 March 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 8 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 17 December 1947 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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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 7 |
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