USS LST-463
{{Short description|1942 LST-1-class tank landing ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=USS LST-463 circa 1945.tif |Ship caption= USS LST-463 {{circa}} 1945. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name=LST-463 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 983{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}} |Ship builder= Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |Ship yard number=167{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}} |Ship laid down= 6 October 1942 |Ship launched= 9 November 1942 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 23 February 1943 |Ship decommissioned= 6 June 1946 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= 19 June 1946 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-463
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USS LST-463 was a United States Navy {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
The ship was laid down on 6 October 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 983, by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington; launched 9 November 1942; and commissioned on 23 February 1943.{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}
Service history
During World War II, LST-463 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Bismarck Archipelago operation, the Cape Gloucester, New Britain, landings from December 1943 through March 1944; the Eastern New Guinea operation, the Saidor occupation in January and February 1944; Hollandia operation in April 1944; the Western New Guinea operations, the Biak Islands operation in May and June 1944, the Noemfoor Island operation in July 1944, the Cape Sansapor operation in July and August 1944, and the Morotai landing in September 1944; the Leyte operation in October and November 1944; the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945; the Zambales-Subic Bay operation in January 1945, the Mindanao Island landings in April 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}
Following the war, LST-463 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 6 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 19 June, that same year. On 3 November 1947, the tank landing ship was sold to Dulien Steel Products, Inc., of Seattle, Washington.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}
Honors and awards
LST-463 earned nine battle stars for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}
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Online resources
- {{cite DANFS
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-463.html
| title = LST-463
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date = 3 August 2015
| access-date = 11 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}}
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- {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kvancouver.htm
| title = Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 27 November 2010
| access-date = 11 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160463.htm
| title= USS LST-463
|website=NavSource
| date= 10 October 2014
| access-date= 11 April 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}
}}
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External links
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Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy