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| Ship image = USS LST 17 Okinawa.jpeg
| Ship caption = USS ''LST-17'', beached at [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] while offloading tanks and trucks, date unknown. Beached alongside her to port is {{USS|LST-750||2}}.
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1946}}
| Ship operator = * [[United States Coast Guard]] (1943–1944)
* [[United States Navy]] (1944–1946)
| Ship name = ''LST-17''
| Ship namesake = 
| Ship ordered = 
| Ship builder = [[Dravo Corporation]], [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania
| Ship laid down = 21 September 1942
| Ship launched = 8 January 1943
| Ship sponsor = Mrs. Sarah H. Bankson
| Ship acquired = 
| Ship commissioned = 19 April 1943
| Ship decommissioned = 15 January 1946
| Ship identification = *[[Hull classification symbol#Amphibious warfare type|Hull symbol]]: LST-17
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]: NFSV
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Sierra}}{{ICS|Victor}}
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| Ship honors = [[Image:Bronze-service-star-3d.png|18px]] 1 × [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle stars]]
| Ship fate = Transferred to [[Commander Naval Forces Far East]] (COMNAVFE), 15 January 1946
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship operator = COMNAVFE
| Ship name = ''Q015''
| Ship in service = 15 January 1946
| Ship out of service = date unknown
| Ship fate = Laid up in the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]]
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1956}}
| Ship operator = [[13th Naval District]]
| Ship in service = 15 November 1954
| Ship out of service = 15 August 1956
| Ship renamed = 
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| Ship fate = Sunk by torpedo in mobile target practice, 15 August 1956
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| Header caption = {{sfn|Navsource|2014}}
| Ship type = {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}}
| Ship displacement = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement}}
| Ship length = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship length}}
| Ship beam = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship beam}}
| Ship draft = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship draft}}
| Ship power = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship power}}
| Ship propulsion = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion}}
| Ship speed = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship speed}}
| Ship range = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship range}}
| Ship boats = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}}
| Ship capacity = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}}
| Ship troops = 16 [[Commissioned officer|officers]], 147 [[Enlisted man|enlisted men]]
| Ship complement = 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
| Ship armament = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship armament}}
| Ship armor = 
| Ship notes = 
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| partof = '''LST Flotilla 17'''
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*[[Normandy landings|Invasion of Normandy]] (6–25 June 1944)
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*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|20px]] [[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
*[[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Navy Occupation Service Medal#Asia Clasp|Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp]]
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'''USS ''LST-17''''' was a [[United States Navy]] {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used in the [[European theatre of World War II|European Theater of Operations]] and [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater]] during [[World War II]] and manned by a [[United States Coast Guard]] crew. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

==Construction==
''LST-17'' was laid down on 21 September 1942, at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], by the [[Dravo Corporation]]; [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 8 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Sarah H. Bankson; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 19 April 1943.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

==Service history==

===1943 convoy duty===
She was first assigned to the [[Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater]]. Departing [[Little Creek, Virginia]], on 27 July 1943, ''LST-17'' headed for [[Oran]], Algeria, arriving there on 14 August 1943. She sailed with [[Convoy KMS 23]] during part of its journey from [[Gibraltar]], to [[Port Said]], Egypt, sailing from Oran, to [[Bizerta]], Tunisia.{{sfn|Convoy KMS 23}} ''LST-17'' sailed from [[Algiers]], Algeria, to Port Said, Egypt, in October 1943, this time joining with [[Convoy UGS 19]].{{sfn|Convoy UGS 19}} On 3 November, she set out with nine other LSTs from [[Aden]], Yemen, for [[Bombay]], India, arriving on 10 November.{{sfn|Convoy AB 18A}} She left the next day for [[Colombo]], [[British Ceylon]], arriving on 16 November.{{sfn|Convoy BM 74}} At the end of December she left [[Calcutta]], with 11 LSTs headed for Colombo, British Ceylon, arriving 27 December 1943.{{sfn|Convoy CJ 9A}}

===1944 convoy duty/Normandy invasion===
{{main|Normandy landings}}
''LST-17'' joined [[Convoy MKS 38]] at Bizerta, in January 1944, as it was en route to Gibraltar, arriving 1 February.{{sfn|Convoy MKS 38}} Forming [[Convoy MKS 38G]],{{sfn|Convoy MKS 38G}} she rendezvoused with [[Convoy SL 147]] and sailed for [[Liverpool]] on 2 February, arriving on 13 February 1944.{{sfn|Convoy SL 147/MKS 38}}

''LST-17'' arrived at [[Milford Haven]], Wales, on 3 March 1944. Leaving Milford Haven on 3 March 1944, she proceeded to [[Isle of Portland|Portland]] and returned to Milford Haven on 15 March 1944. On 31 March, she left for [[Lough Foyle]] and then visited in turn [[Derry]], [[Rosneath|Roseneath]] [[(sic)]], [[Plymouth]], Senny Cliff Bay, [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]], [[Solent]] and [[Southampton]], returning to Solent, on 28 May 1944, to prepare for the [[Normandy invasion]], towing [[Rhino barge]]s on which were railway equipment for use in France.{{sfn|Coast Guard}}

She sailed to the sea off [[Normandy]], detaching the Rhino barges to the beach at 16:15 on 6 June 1944. At 20:10 she received the first group of casualties via [[DUKW]]s and returned to Solent, on 7 June. She left Solent, for her second trip to France, on 9 June, anchoring {{convert|2|mi|spell=in|abbr=out}} off the Normandy beach at 03:35 on 10 June, moving pontoons ashore and returned to Solent, 11 June, proceeding to Southampton the next day. On 15 June, she left Southampton and anchored off France. The following day she beached at "JIG GREEN" on the [[Gold Beach|"Gold"]] assault areas at 11:08 with [[British Army|British]] and [[Canadian Army|Canadian]] troops. She left the beach on 17 June, and returned to [[Tilbury]], England, proceeding to Solent, on 20 June. She left Solent on 23 June 1944, and beached at Normandy, France, at 16:39 that day, returning to Solent, on 24 June. Again on 27 June, she left Solent and beached in Normandy, France, at 18:48, leaving Normandy, on 28 June, and arriving at Tilbury, on 29 June.{{sfn|Coast Guard}} She departed [[Southend]] on 30 June, arriving at [[Seine Bay]], [[France]], on 1 July 1944, with [[Convoy ETM 22]].{{sfn|Convoy ETM 22}}

''LST-17'' sailed for London, on 4 July. Her next trip was on 14 July 1944, when she left [[Thames Dry Dock]] and arrived at Normandy, on the same day, returning to Southampton on 16 July. Again on 18 July, she left Southampton, this time for [[Utah Beach]], Normandy, France, leaving there on 19 July, and arriving at Weymouth, England on 20 July. She left Weymouth on 21 July, and arrived at [[Omaha Beach]] that same day and returned to Portland. From this time until September 1944, she made continuous trips between Utah Beach and England. Arriving at [[Cornwall]], on 17 September 1944, she departed for Norfolk, Virginia, on 5 October 1944, and taking on fuel and provisions at Norfolk, on 24 October, she arrived at [[Boston]], on 26 October 1944, for overhaul.{{sfn|Coast Guard}}

On 10 November 1944, her Coast Guard crew was "relieved of manning" ''LST-17''.{{sfn|Coast Guard}}

===1945 convoy duty===
''LST-17'' left from [[New York City]], on 26 January 1945, as part of [[Convoy NG 486]] bound for [[Guantánamo]], Cuba, where she arrived on 2 February.{{sfn|Convoy NG 486}} She then left the next day as part of [[Convoy GZ 119]] en route to the [[Panama Canal Zone]] and [[Cristóbal, Colón]], where she arrived on 6 February.{{sfn|Convoy GZ 119}}

==Post war==
Following the war, ''LST-17'' performed occupation duty in the [[Far East]] intermittently from September through December 1945.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} She was decommissioned on 15 January 1946 and turned over to [[Commander Naval Forces Far East]] being redesignated ''Q015''.{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

She was laid up as part of the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] before being transferred to the [[13th Naval District]] for use as a mobile target where she was sunk by a torpedo on 15 August 1956.
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==Awards==
''LST-17'' earned one [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle stars]] for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite DANFS
  | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-17.html
  | title = LST-17
  | publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
  | date = 30 July 2015
  | access-date = 12 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}}
  }}{{PD-notice}}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160017.htm
  | title = USS LST-17
  | publisher = NavSource Online
  | date = 18 April 2014
  | access-date = 12 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kms/index.html?kms.php?convoy=23!~kmsmain
  | title = Convoy KMS.23
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy KMS 23}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ugs/index.html?ugs.php?convoy=19!~ugsmain
  | title = Convoy UGS.19
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy UGS 19}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=AB.18A!~miscmain
  | title = Convoy AB.18A
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy AB 18A}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/bm/index.html?bm.php?convoy=74!~bmmain
  | title = Convoy BM.74
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy BM 74}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/misc/index.html?yy.php?convoy=CJ.9A!~miscmain
  | title = Convoy CJ.9A
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy CJ 9A}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=38!~mksmain
  | title = Convoy MKS.38
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy MKS 38}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/mks/index.html?mks.php?convoy=38G!~mksmain
  | title = Convoy MKS.38G
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy MKS 38G}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sl2/index.html?sl.php?convoy=147MK!~slmain
  | title = Convoy SL 147/MKS 38
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy SL 147/MKS 38}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/etm/index.html?etm.php?convoy=22!~etmmain
  | title = Convoy ETM.22
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy ETM 22}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/etm/index.html?etm.php?convoy=22!~etmmain
  | title = Convoy NG.486
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy NG 486}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/gz/index.html?gz.php?convoy=119!~gzmain
  | title = Convoy GZ.119
  | publisher = Arnold Hague Convoy Database
  | access-date = 19 August 2016
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Convoy GZ 119}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url= https://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/USN/LST/LST_17.pdf
  | title=USS LST-17
  | publisher= [[United States Coast Guard]]
  | access-date= 15 August 2017
  | ref= {{sfnRef|Coast Guard}}
  }}{{PD-notice}}
{{refend}}

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