USS LST-939 was an Template:Sclass- in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
 USS LST-939 under way in San Francisco Bay, c. early 1946. | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-939 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Yard number | 3409[1] |
| Laid down | 21 July 1944 |
| Launched | 23 August 1944 |
| Commissioned | 14 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 31 July 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards |  1 × battle star |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 12 June 1948 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| 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 | 16officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | LST Flotilla 21 |
| Operations: | Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1 April–30 June 1945) |
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LST-939 was laid down on 21 July 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 23 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William Lovett; and commissioned on 14 September 1944,[3] Lieutenant (junior grade) Archie H. Hubbard, USNR, in command.[2]
During World War II LST-939 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945.[3]
Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-March 1946. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 22 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 31 July, that same year. On 12 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co., for scrapping.[3]
LST-939 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]
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