USS LST-479
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USS LST-479 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.
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USS LST-479 and LST-476, land vehicles and supplies amid the Roi Island Beach clutter and wreckage during the Kwajalein Operation, c. 2 to 8 February 1944. The LCVP in right foreground is from Warren. | |
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Name | LST-479 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 999[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 34[1] |
Laid down | 25 August 1942 |
Launched | 4 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 19 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1946 |
Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 5 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 16 April 1948 |
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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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 13 |
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