USS LST-1008
USS LST-1008 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Taiwan Navy but then seized by China and renamed Dabie Shan.
LST-926 at Chinese Navy Museum on 16 July 2005 | |
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United States | |
Name: | LST-1008 |
Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy |
Laid down: | 16 February 1944 |
Launched: | 23 March 1944 |
Commissioned: | 18 April 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 4 May 1946 |
Stricken: | 19 June 1946 |
Fate: | Transferred to Republic of China Navy, 19 June 1946 |
Taiwan | |
Acquired: | 19 June 1946 |
Fate: | Seized by People's Liberation Army Navy, 1950 |
China | |
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Namesake: | Dabie Shan |
Acquired: | 1950 |
Decommissioned: | 14 April 1999 |
Renamed: | from Wanling and Zhong 112 |
Identification: | Pennant number: LST-502/926 |
Fate: | Scrapped, 2007 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
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Length: | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
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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: | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement: | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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Aviation facilities: | Deck as helipad |
Construction and commissioning
LST-1008 was laid down on 16 February 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 23 March 1944 and commissioned on 18 April 1944, Lt. Richard M. Laden in command.
Construction and career
During World War II, LST-1008 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East and later Asiatic-Pacific theater. While in Europe, she participated in the assault of Normandy. From 8 to 9 June was disembarked at Easy White Beach. After the Normandy landing, she was assigned to the Far East as Occupation and China service from 1945 to 1946. On 24 May 1945, USS LCT-614 was hoisted aboard LST-1008 in Norfolk Navy Yard and on 16 September 1945, LCT-614 was launched from LST-1008 in Jinsen, Korea as part of Flotilla 15, Group 115.[1]
She was decommissioned on 4 May 1946 and stricken on 19 June 1946. US State Department then transferred her to the Taiwanese Navy but later seized by the China in 1950.[2]
Before being acquired in the navy, she serve in merchant service under the name Wanling and Zhong 112.
She sat at the Chinese Navy Museum as a museum ship in Qingdao, China from 1999 to 2005.[3] From 2005 to 1007, she was towed for dismantling.
LST-1008 earned one battle star for World War II service.[4]
References
- "US LCT 614 Chronology page". lct614.tripod.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "LST-1008". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: The Chinese Naval Museum at Qingdao". www.hazegray.org. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 27 November 2020.