USS LST-24

History
United States
Name: LST-24
Operator:
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 19 November 1942
Launched: 17 April 1943
Sponsored by: Mrs. Marguerite E. Davis
Commissioned: 3 May 1943 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned: unknown
Commissioned: 14 June 1943
Decommissioned: 26 February 1946
Struck: 5 June 1946
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 5 × battle stars
Fate: sold 8 October 1947, for commercial service
Status: fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type: LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
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 2 in (2.49 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
Installed power:
Propulsion:
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 x LCVPs
Capacity: 1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:
Service record
Part of:
  • LST Flotilla Five
  • LST Flotilla Six
Operations:
Awards:

USS LST-24 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

Construction and commissioning

LST-24 was laid down on 19 November 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation. She was launched on 17 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite E. Davis,[1] and placed in reduced commission on 3 May 1943, for transit to New Orleans, Louisiana, for her fitting out. She was fully commissioned on 14 June 1943, with Lieutenant Arnold I. Sobel, USCGR, in command.[2]

Service history

During the war, LST-24 was manned by the United States Coast Guard. She served exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from August 1944 until February 1946.[2][1]

LST-24 sailed from Galveston, Texas, on 29 July 1943, with Convoy HK 113 heading for Key West, Florida, where she arrived on 2 August 1943.[3]

Marianas operation

LST-24 participated in operations in the capture and occupation of Guam during August 1944.[2]

Western New Guinea operation

LST-24 participate in the Morotai landings in the middle of September 1944.[2]

Leyte operation

During October and November 1944, LST-24 participated in the Leyte landings in the Philippines, participating in General Douglas MacArthur's promised liberation of the islands from the Japanese occupation. LST-24 was also at the Battle of Luzon Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945.[2]

Okinawa Gunto operation

Main article: Battle of Okinawa

LST-24 finished her combat career with the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from the end of March until the end of June 1945.[2]

Postwar career

LST-24 was decommissioned on 26 February 1946, and was struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946. On 23 December 1947, she was sold to the Humble Oil & Refining Co., of Houston, Texas, and was converted for merchant service.[1]

Honors and awards

LST-24 earned five battle stars for her World War II service.[1]

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

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