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United States | |
Name | LST-921 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3391[1] |
Laid down | 1 May 1944 |
Launched | 2 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 23 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 September 1944 |
Stricken | 14 October 1944 |
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Fate |
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General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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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 | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS LST-921 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.