USS LST-958 beached, date and location unknown.
Name LST-958 Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard , Hingham, Massachusetts Yard number 3428 Laid down 3 October 1944 Launched 31 October 1944 Commissioned 25 November 1944 Decommissioned 14 March 1946 Stricken 28 March 1946 Identification Honors and battle star Fate Sold, 20 December 1946 Status Fate unknown
Class & type LST-542 -classtank landing ship 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 Propulsion 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 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
Part of LST Flotilla 23 Operations Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (29 May–30 June 1945)Awards
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