Undated photo of LST-906 underway in the Mediterranean. She is fitted with a 220 ft × 16 ft (67.1 m × 4.9 m) temporary flight deck for launching USAAF Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation aircraft, one of which is shown, ready for launching.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-906 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Yard number | 3376[1] |
Laid down | 24 January 1944 |
Launched | 11 March 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry Levine |
Commissioned | 27 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 20 May 1945 |
Stricken | 22 June 1945 |
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Honors and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 June 1945 |
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 |
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Aircraft carried | 6 × L-4B “Grasshopper”[3] |
Aviation facilities | Custom-built mesh airstrip[3] |
USS LST-906 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.