USS LST-944

	Eleven LSTs moored at the Yonabaru Pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945. From right to left: LST-819, LST-879, LST-681, LST-926, LST-944, LST(H)-?, LST-715, LST-918, LST-871, ?, ?. US Navy photo 21st USNCB Neg. No. 204.
History
United States
Name	LST-944
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3414
Laid down	11 August 1944
Launched	3 September 1944
Commissioned	4 October 1944
Decommissioned	9 December 1945
Stricken	8 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-944; Code letters: NEGF; ;
Honors and; awards	2 × battle star
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 September 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light); 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load); 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching);
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft; Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft; Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft; Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m); Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m);
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,800 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 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 x LCVPs
Capacity	1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns ; 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns; 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;
Service record
Part of:	LST Flotilla 25
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (20–28 February 1945); Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (17 April–7 June 1945);
Awards:	American Campaign Medal; Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal;

USS LST-944 was an Template:Sclass- in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

Construction

LST-944 was laid down on 11 August 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 3 September 1944; and commissioned on 4 October 1944,^[3] Lieutenant Joseph H. Floyd, USNR, in command.^[2]

Service history

During World War II LST-944 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945.^[3]

She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 19 December 1945, and struck from the Navy list on 8 January 1946. On 26 September 1947, the ship was sold to the Boston Metals Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, for scrapping.^[3]

Awards

LST-944 earned two battle star for World War II service.^[3]

Notes

Bibliography

Online resources

"LST-944". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 3 June 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
"USS LST-944". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

External links

Photo gallery of USS LST-944 at NavSource Naval History

[FOOTNOTEBethlehem-Hingham2011-1] Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.

[FOOTNOTENavsource2015-2] Navsource 2015.

[FOOTNOTEDANFS-3] DANFS.

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