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USS LST-487
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USS LST-487 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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![]() Forward port quarter view of USS LST-487, off Mare Island, 14 August 1945. | |
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Name | LST-487 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 1007[1] |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 42[1] |
Laid down | 2 January 1943 |
Launched | 23 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for merchant service conversion, 20 February 1948 |
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Class and 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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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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