USS LST-39
{{Short description|1943 tank landing ship of the US Navy}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = USS LST-480 3.jpg | Ship caption = USS LST-39 and {{USS|LST-480}} still ablaze on 22 May 1944. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1946}} | Ship name = LST-39 | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Ship laid down = 23 April 1943 | Ship launched = 29 July 1943 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned =* 2 September 1943 (Partial commission)
| Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship struck =18 July 1944 | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *Hull symbol: LST-39
| Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship fate = Sunk, 21 May 1944, later refloated | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1946}} | Ship name = YF-1079 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = {{c.}} July 1945 – January 1946 | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = Spare Parts Issue Barge | Ship struck = 25 February 1946 | Ship homeport = | Ship identification =Hull symbol: YF-1079 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship fate = Destroyed, 1946 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{sfn|Navsource|2016}} | Ship type = {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} | Ship displacement = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement}} | Ship length = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship length}} | Ship beam = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship beam}} | Ship draft = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship draft}} | Ship power = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship power}} | Ship propulsion = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion}} | Ship speed = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship speed}} | Ship range = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship range}} | Ship boats = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}} | Ship capacity = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}} | Ship troops = 16 officers, 147 enlisted men | Ship complement = 13 officers, 104 enlisted men | Ship armament = {{LST-1 class tank landing ship armament}} | Ship armor = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox service record |is_ship=yes |is_multi= |label= |partof= |codes= |commanders= |operations= |awards= }} |
USS LST-39 was a United States Navy {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
LST-39 was laid down on 23 April 1943, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 29 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. L. A. Mertz; and commissioned on 8 September 1943.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}
== Service history ==
During World War II, LST-39 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, but saw no combat action.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} She sank 21 May 1944, as part of the West Loch disaster and she was struck from the Navy list on 18 July 1944.{{sfn|Navsource|2016}}
File:YF-1079 Buckner Bay, Okinawa November 1945.jpg, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. Photographed in November 1945. The image shows the after portion of her starboard side, which was damaged by a collision with another YF during the storm. Another service craft, possibly YF-757, lies sunken to the left.]]
She was later refloated, converted to a spare parts issue barge, and redesignated YF-1079.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} In early October 1945, YF-1079 was in Buckner Bay, when Typhoon Louise passed over. She was one of over 200 US military vessels to be grounded or severely damaged. During the storm she was struck by another ship, severely damaging her starboard side. She was again struck from the Navy list 25 February 1946, and destroyed August 1946.{{sfn|Navsource|2016}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite DANFS|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-39.html|title=LST-39|publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command|date=30 July 2015|access-date=28 August 2018|ref={{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}}}}{{PD-notice}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160039.htm|title=USS LST-39|date=16 September 2016|publisher=NavSource Online|access-date=28 August 2018|ref={{sfnRef|Navsource|2016}}}}
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- {{navsource|http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160039.htm|USS LST-39}}
{{LST-1 class tank landing ship}}
{{MARCOM ships Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh Shipyard}}
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Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:Ships built in Pittsburgh
Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
Category:Maritime incidents in May 1944
Category:Maritime incidents in October 1945