![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/USS_LST-950_Okinawa_April_1945.jpg/300px-USS_LST-950_Okinawa_April_1945.jpg) USS LST-950 at anchor, probably off the beachhead at Okinawa, c. April 1945. LST-950 was used to carry casualties to the hospital ships from the Okinawa beachhead. Note the large "H" painted on her side. The LST and the small boats in the right foreground are also flying an "X" flag to signify their missions.
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History |
United States |
Name | LST-950 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3420 |
Laid down | 1 September 1944 |
Launched | 4 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 18 July 1946 |
Reclassified | Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945 |
Stricken | 23 September 1946 |
Identification | |
Honors and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 8 March 1948 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank 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)
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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)
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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 craft carried | 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 | |
Service record |
Part of: |
LST Flotilla 25 |
Operations: |
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1 April–18 June 1945) |
Awards: |
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