USS LST-291: Difference between revisions

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|Ship caption= USS ''LST-291'' ran aground in 1954

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|Ship country=United States

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|Ship name= ''LST-291''

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|Ship builder= [[American Bridge Company]], [[Ambridge, Pennsylvania|Ambridge]]

|Ship laid down= 25 September 1943

|Ship launched= 14 November 1943

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|Ship struck= 19 May 1954

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|Ship honours= 1 [[battle star]] (World War II)

|Ship fate=[[Target ship|Sunk as target]], July 1954

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|Ship class={{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}}

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1780|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light

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|Ship length={{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=2 [[General Motors]] [[EMD 567|12-567]] [[diesel engine]]s, two shafts, twin rudders

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|Ship boats=Two to six [[LCVP (United States)|LCVP]]s

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|Ship troops=approx. 140 officers and enlisted

|Ship complement=8–10 officers, 100–115 enlisted

|Ship armament=*5 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm]] gun mounts

*6 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] gun mounts

*2 × [[M2 Browning|.50 cal (12.7 mm)]] machine guns

*4 × [[M1919 Browning machine gun|.30 cal (7.62 mm)]] machine guns

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'''USS ''LST-291''''' was a {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during World War II by the [[American Bridge Company]] in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

''LST-291'' was laid down on 25 September 1943 and launched14 November 1943. During World War II, the ''LST-291'' was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, and participated in the [[Invasion of Normandy]] in June 1944.<ref>{{Cite web

|url= http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160291.htm

|title=Tank Landing Ship ''LST-291''

|work=navsource.org

|access-date=6 July 2010

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In 1954, she ran aground on a coral reef off James Point, [[Eleuthera]] in the [[Bahamas]]. After 11 days of salvage operations which involved blasting a 1,000 foot channel through the reef, she was freed from the reef and towed back to the drydock at Jacksonville, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web

|url= http://www.projecteleuthera.org/underwater-sites-1/lst-291---june-1954-all-hands

|title=ProjectEleuthera.org: LST 291 – June 1954 "All Hands"

|work=projecteleuthera.org

|access-date=6 July 2010

}}</ref> The damage she sustained was too extensive, however, and ''LST-291'' was decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register on 19 May 1954, and sunk as a target in July 1954.

''LST-291'' earned one battle star for World War II service.

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* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l14/lst-291.htm}}

* {{navsource|10/16/160291|USS LST-291}}

==External links==

* {{cite web|title=USS LST-291|work=Project Eleuthera|url=http://www.projecteleuthera.org/underwater-sites-1#TOC-USS-LST-291-Salvaged-|access-date=7 April 2010}}

{{LST-1 class tank landing ship}}

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[[Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States]]

[[Category:Ships built in Ambridge, Pennsylvania]]

[[Category:1943 ships]]

[[Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy]]