USS LST-50
{{Short description|1943 LST-1-class tank landing ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name=USS LST-50 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |Ship laid down= 29 August 1943 |Ship launched= 16 October 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 27 November 1943 |Ship decommissioned= 6 February 1946 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= 8 September 1952 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified=USS ARB-13 (Battle Damage Repair Ship), 14 November 1952 |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= 3 battle stars (WWII) |Ship fate= Transferred to Norway, 1952 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Norway |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Norway|navy}} |Ship name=HNoMS Ellida |Ship acquired=1952 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship identification=A534 |Ship fate= Returned to the United States, 1 July 1960 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Greece |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Greece|naval}} |Ship name=Sakipia |Ship acquired=16 September 1960 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship fate= Unknown |Ship identification=A329 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class={{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship|1}} |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1625|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light
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USS LST-50 was an {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} built for the United States Navy during World War II.
LST-50 was laid down on 29 August 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 16 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Tito Tarquinio; and commissioned on 27 November 1943.
Service history
=US Navy, 1942–1946=
The tank landing ship was initially assigned to the European Theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy between 6 and 25 June 1944 and the invasion of southern France between 15 August and 25 September 1944. She was later transferred to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of operations where she took part in the Okinawa assault between 18 and 30 June 1945. Following the war, LST-50 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early February 1946. Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 6 February 1946 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 September 1952.
=Norway & Greece, 1952–=
On 14 November 1952, she was redesignated USS ARB-13 and transferred to Norway as HNoMS Ellida (A534). She was returned to the United States on 1 July 1960, but was retransferred to Greece on 16 September 1960 and served with the Greek Navy as Sakipia (A329). Her final fate is unknown.
LST-50 earned three battle stars for World War II service.
References
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- {{cite web|title=LST-50|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l9/lst-50.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314160605/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l9/lst-50.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 March 2004|access-date=9 April 2007}}
- {{cite web|title=LST-50 / ARB-13|website=NavSource
|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160050.htm|access-date=9 April 2007}}
{{LST-1 class tank landing ship}}
{{US Battle Damage Repair Ships}}
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Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
Category:Ships built in Pittsburgh
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:Battle damage repair ships of the United States Navy
Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Norwegian Navy
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Hellenic Navy
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Hellenic Navy
Category:Aristaeus-class repair ships converted from LST-1-class ships