USS LST-5

History
Name: USS LST-5
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 12 July 1942
Launched: 3 October 1942
Commissioned: 22 February 1943
Decommissioned: 17 November 1944
Struck: 1 August 1947
Honours and
awards:
3 battle stars (WWII)
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 7 October 1947
Name: HM LST-5
Commissioned: 18 November 1944
Decommissioned: 19 February 1946
Fate: Returned to US Navy
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
Length: 328 ft (100 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft:
  • Unloaded:
  • Bow: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m)
  • Stern: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
  • Loaded :
  • Bow: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
  • Stern: 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Propulsion: 2 General Motors 12-567 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:
6 × LCVPs
Capacity: 1600-1900 tons cargo
Troops: 14 officers, 131 enlisted men
Complement: 9 officers, 120 enlisted men
Armament:
  • 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts w/Mk.51 directors
  • 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts
  • 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts

USS LST-5 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy during World War II.

Construction began on 12 July 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the ship was ready for launch on 3 October 1942. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Wanetta Rose Barker and was commissioned on 22 February 1943.

During its involvement in World War II, the LST-5 served in the European Theater, and participated in the Sicilian occupation (July 1943); Salerno landings (September 1943); and the Invasion of Normandy (June 1944). In November 1944 the LST-5 was sailed to Belfast, Northern Ireland and was taken over by British crewmen for service in India and the Far East.

The LST-5 was decommissioned after World War II, and was taken off the Navy list on 1 August 1947. LST-5 was sold to the Tung Hwa Trading Company of Singapore to be scrapped.

The LST-5 earned a total of 3 battle stars for its service in World War II.

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