USS LST-459

History
United States
Name	USS LST-459
Builder	Kaiser Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down	22 September 1942
Launched	29 October 1942
Commissioned	13 February 1943
Decommissioned	12 April 1946
Stricken	19 June 1946
Honours and; awards	American Campaign Medal; 6 × Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp); 2 × Philippines Liberation Medals; 6 × Battle Stars (WWII);
Fate	Sold for scrap on 31 October 1947, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA.
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light; 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full (sea-going draft with 1675 ton load);
Length	327 ft 9 in (99.90 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Light :; 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft; Sea-going :; 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft; Landing (with 500 ton load) :; 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft;
Propulsion	2 General Motors 12-567 900 hp (671 kW) diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted
Armament	2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts; 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts;

USS LST-459 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship which saw service during the Second World War. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.

Service history

The ship was laid down on 22 September 1942, at Wash, Vancouver, by Kaiser, Inc. She was launched on 29 October. During the Second World War, LST-459 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, where she participated in the following campaigns:

Bismarck Archipelago operation at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in December 1943 and January and February 1944 as well as the Admiralty Islands landings of March 1944
Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines during the Mindano landings of March and April 1945 and the Sulu Archipelago landings of April 1945.
Hollandia operation of April and May 1944
Leyte operation, October and November 1944
Luzon campaign during the Lingayen Gulf landings of January 1945
Western New Guinea operation during the Biak Island operation, May and June 1944; Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944; Cape Sansapor operation, August 1944; Morotai landings of September 1944

The ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 June 1946. Ultimately, she was sold for scrap to New Orleans Shipwrecking Co. on 31 October 1947.

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