USS LST-179
{{short description|LST-1-class landing ship tank}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:US Army Air Corps photo A63172AC.jpg | Ship caption = USS LST-179 and USS LST-78 on 4 October 1943 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1946}} | Ship name = LST-179 | Ship builder = Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville | Ship laid down = 7 February 1943 | Ship launched = 30 May 1943 | Ship sponsor = Mrs. Milford M. Miller | Ship commissioned = 3 July 1943 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship reclassified = | Ship struck = 18 July 1944 | Ship identification = *Callsign: NDPJ
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USS LST-179 was a {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} in the United States Navy during World War II.{{Cite web|title=Tank Landing Ship LST|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160179.htm|access-date=2021-11-12|website=NavSource}}
Construction and career
LST-179 was laid down on 7 February 1943 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, Indiana. Launched on 30 May 1943 and commissioned on 3 July 1943.{{Cite web|title=LST-179|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-179.html|access-date=2021-11-12|website=NHHC|language=en-US}}
During World War II, LST-179 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operations from 13 November to 8 December 1943.
She was destroyed and sunk during the West Loch disaster alongside 5 other LSTs at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. On that day, she was moored with LST-205, LST-225, LST-274, LST-43, LST-69, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.{{Cite web|title=US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster|url=https://www.uslst.org/memories/27-articles/17-lst-memories-the-second-pearl-harbor-disaster|access-date=2021-11-12|website=www.uslst.org}}
LST-179 was struck from the Navy Register on 18 July 1944.
In 1945, she was raised but deemed too expensive to be repaired thus she was towed out to sea and sunk again as a target ship for torpedoes.{{Cite web|title=Tank Landing Ship LST|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160043.htm|access-date=2021-11-12|website=NavSource}}
Awards
LST-179 have earned the following awards:
Citations
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Sources
- {{cite book|author=United States. Dept. of the Treasury|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnfPAAAAMAAJ|title=Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1962}}
- {{cite book|last=Moore|first=Capt. John|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85|publisher=Jane's Information Group|year=1984|isbn=978-0710607959}}
- {{cite book|last=Saunders|first=Stephen|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010|publisher=Jane's Information Group|year=2009|isbn=978-0710628886}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4b8eAQAAMAAJ|title=Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222|publisher=Fairplay Publishing Limited|year=1967|location=United Kingdom}}
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Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:Ships built in Evansville, Indiana
Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy