USS LST-953: Difference between revisions

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship name= ''LST-953''

|Ship builder= [[Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard]], [[Hingham, Massachusetts]]

|Ship yard number= 3423{{sfn|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}}

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|Ship fate= laid up, 17 June 1950, [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]], [[Green Cove Spring, Florida]]

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|Ship renamed=''Marinette County''

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|Ship namesake= [[Marinette County, Wisconsin]]

|Ship struck= 1 November 1958

|Ship honors = [[Image:Bronze-service-star-3d.png|18px]] 1 × [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle star]]

|Ship identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Amphibious warfare type|Hull symbol]]: LST-953

*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]: NKFB

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|Ship fate= Unknown

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|Ship displacement={{LST-542 class tank landing ship displacement}}

|Ship length={{LST-542 class tank landing ship length}}

|Ship beam={{LST-542 class tank landing ship beam}}

|Ship draft={{LST-542 class tank landing ship draft}}

|Ship power={{LST-542 class tank landing ship power}}

|Ship propulsion={{LST-542 class tank landing ship propulsion}}

|Ship speed= {{LST-542 class tank landing ship speed}}

|Ship range={{LST-542 class tank landing ship range}}

|Ship boats= {{LST-542 class tank landing ship boats}}

|Ship capacity={{LST-542 class tank landing ship capacity}}

|Ship troops=16 [[Commissioned officer|officers]], 147 [[Enlisted man|enlisted men]]

|Ship complement=13 officers, 104 enlisted men

|Ship armament={{LST-542 class tank landing ship armament}}

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| partof = '''LST Flotilla 21'''

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*[[Battle of Okinawa|Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto]] (26–30 June 1945)

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*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]

*[[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]]

*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]

*[[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Navy Occupation Service Medal#Asia Clasp|Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp]]

'''USS ''Marinette County'' (LST-953)''' was an {{sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation. She was later named after [[Marinette County, Wisconsin]], she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

==Construction==

''LST-953'' was laid down on 15 September 1944, at [[Hingham, Massachusetts]], by the [[Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard]]; launched on 15 October 1944; and commissioned on 7 November 1944.{{sfn|DANFS LST-953}}{{sfn|Navsource|2016}}

==Service history==

During World War II, LST-953 was assigned to the [[Asiatic-Pacific theater]].{{sfn|DANFS LST-953}} ''LST-953'' commenced an east coast [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] on 12 November 1944, and hastened to join LST Flotilla 21, which was already at [[Pearl Harbor]]. Three months of intensive training exercises preceded ''LST-953''{{'}}s April 1945, voyage to [[Guam]]. After a series of supply missions in the southern [[Mariana Islands|Marianas]], she arrived at [[Okinawa]] in the War Zone on 26 June. For five weeks [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] troops and vehicles were shuttled around the island to facilitate mop-up operations.{{sfn|DANFS Marinette County |2015}}

==Post-war activities==

The day [[Japanese surrender|Japan announced acceptance of surrender terms]], ''LST-953'' returned to the Marianas. ''LST-953'' carried elements of the [[2nd Marine Division (United States)|2nd Marine Division]] to [[Nagasaki]] on 24 September, for the [[occupation of Japan]] and men of the [[United States Army|US Army's]] [[24th Infantry Division (United States)|24th Infantry Division]] to [[Matsuyama]] on 27 October. A "[[Operation Magic Carpet|Magic Carpet]]" voyage back to [[San Diego]] concluded its duty in the [[Pacific]].{{sfn|DANFS Marinette County |2015}}

In July 1946, she transited the [[Panama Canal]] and steamed to [[Beaumont, Texas]]. Decommissioned on 12 November 1946, the ship served in the Naval Reserve Program until towed to [[Green Cove Springs, Florida]], on 17 June 1950, for berthing in the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]]. She was renamed ''Marinette County'' on 1 July 1955. On 1 November 1958, her name was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]].{{sfn|DANFS Marinette County |2015}}

''LST-953'' earned one [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle star]] for World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS LST-953}}

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'''Online resources'''

* {{cite DANFS

| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-953.html

| title = LST-953

| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command

| access-date = 14 June 2017

| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS LST-953}}

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* {{cite DANFS

| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/marinette-county.html

| title = Maricopa County

| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command

| date = 5 August 2015

| access-date = 14 June 2017

| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS Marinette County|2015}}

}}{{PD-notice}}

* {{cite web

| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethhingham.htm

| title = Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA

| publisher = ShipbuildingHistory.com

| date = 11 August 2011

| access-date = 14 June 2017

| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}}

}}

* {{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160953.htm

| title= USS LST-953

| publisher= Navsource.org

| date= 27 May 2016

| access-date= 14 June 2017

| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2016}}

}}

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==External links==

* {{navsource|10/16/160953|USS LST-953}}

{{MARCOM ships Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard}}

[[Category:Ships built in Hingham, Massachusetts]]