USS LST-559
{{Short description|1944 LST-542-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|1944}} |Ship name= USS LST-559 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana |Ship laid down= 14 February 1944 |Ship launched= 18 April 1944 |Ship sponsor=Mrs. Carl J. Futter |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 9 May 1944 |Ship decommissioned= 1 June 1946 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship struck=19 June 1946 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors=Four battle stars for World War II |Ship fate=*Sold 5 December 1947
|Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}} |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1625|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light |Ship length={{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft=*Unloaded {{convert|2|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} forward; {{convert|7|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} aft
|Ship depth= |Ship power=1,800 horsepower (1.34 megawatts) |Ship propulsion=Two 900-horsepower (0.67-megawatt) General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |Ship speed= {{convert|12|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range=24,000 nautical miles (44,448 kilometerss) at 9 knots while displacing 3,960 tons |Ship boats= 2 x LCVPs |Ship capacity=1,600-1,900 tons cargo depending on mission |Ship troops=16 officers, 147 enlisted men |Ship complement=7 officers, 104 enlisted men |Ship armament=*2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts |Ship armor= |Ship notes= }} |
USS LST-559 was a United States Navy {{sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}} in commission from 1944 to 1946.
Construction and commissioning
LST-559 was laid down on 14 February 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 18 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Carl J. Futter, and commissioned on 9 May 1944.
Service history
During World War II, LST-559 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She participated in the capture and occupation of the southern Palau Islands in September and October 1944. She then took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the Leyte landings in October and November 1944 and invasion of at Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. She then participated in the assault on and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945.
Following the war, LST-559 performed occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-May 1946.
Decommissioning and disposal
LST-559 was decommissioned on 1 June 1946 at Naval Station Subic Bay on Luzon in the Philippines. She stricken from the Navy List on 19 June 1946. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey in the Philippines, where her hulk was sunk to extend the breakwater in Subic Bay.{{cite web |url=https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160559.htm |title=USS LST-559|publisher=NavSource Naval History |access-date=13 February 2020|quote=Final Disposition, sunk in Subic Bay to form an extension to the bay's breakwater }}
Honors and awards
LST-559 earned four battle stars for her World War II service.
References
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- {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-559.html}}
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160559.htm NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive LST-559]
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Category:LST-542-class tank landing ships
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States