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USS LST-42
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USS LST-42 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
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![]() Launching of LST-42, 17 August 1943, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pennsylvania | |
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Name | LST-42 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 17 June 1943 |
Launched | 17 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 26 July 1946 |
Reclassified | Tank Landing Ship (Hospital), 15 September 1945 |
Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 March 1948 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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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 | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 or 6 x LCVPs |
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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Part of: | LST Flotilla 3 |
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