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USS LST-871

{{Short description|1944 LST-542-class tank landing ship}}

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|Ship image= USS LST-944 Yonabaru 23 July 1945.jpg

|Ship caption= Eleven LSTs moored at the Yonabaru Pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945. From right to left: {{USS|LST-819

2}}, {{USS|LST-8792}}, {{USS|LST-6812}}, {{USS|LST-9262}}, {{USS|LST-9442}}, LST(H)-?, {{USS|LST-7152}}, {{USS|LST-9182}}, LST-871, ?, ?. US Navy photo 21st USNCB Neg. No. 204.

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}

|Ship name= LST-871

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|Ship builder= Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana

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|Ship laid down= 9 November 1944

|Ship launched= 20 December 1944

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|Ship commissioned= 18 January 1945

|Ship decommissioned= 4 October 1946

|Ship struck= 13 November 1946

|Ship reclassified= Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945

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|Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-871

  • Hull symbol: LST(H)-871
  • Code letters: NIUX
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|Ship fate= Sold for commercial operations, 30 June 1948

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|Ship class={{sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}}

|Ship displacement={{LST-542 class tank landing ship displacement}}

|Ship length={{LST-542 class tank landing ship length}}

|Ship beam={{LST-542 class tank landing ship beam}}

|Ship draft={{LST-542 class tank landing ship draft}}

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|Ship power={{LST-542 class tank landing ship power}}

|Ship propulsion={{LST-542 class tank landing ship propulsion}}

|Ship speed= {{LST-542 class tank landing ship speed}}

|Ship range={{LST-542 class tank landing ship range}}

|Ship boats= {{LST-542 class tank landing ship boats}}

|Ship capacity={{LST-542 class tank landing ship capacity}}

|Ship troops=16 officers, 147 enlisted men

|Ship complement=13 officers, 104 enlisted men

|Ship armament={{LST-542 class tank landing ship armament}}

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USS LST-871 was an {{sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}} in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

Construction

LST-871 was laid down on 9 November 1944, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co.; launched on 20 December 1944; and commissioned on 18 January 1945.{{sfn|Navsource|2018}}

Service history

During World War II LST-871 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater.{{sfn|DANFS}}

LST-871 was redesignated LSTH-871 on 15 September 1945. Following World War II, LSTH-871 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early May 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 4 October 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 13 November that same year. On 30 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil & Refining Co. in Houston, Texas, for operation.{{sfn|DANFS}}

The ship's wartime commanding officer, Frank W. Summers, USNR, was promoted to lieutenant commander by the end of his command, and later served as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.{{sfn|Obit}}

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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-871.html

| title = LST-871

| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command

| access-date = 18 May 2020

| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}

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  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160871.htm

| title= USS LST-871

|website=NavSource

| date= 26 January 2018

| access-date= 18 May 2020

| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2018}}

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  • {{cite news

|title="Former chief justice of state Supreme Court dies Tuesday"

|newspaper= Abbeville Meridional

|date= 27 January 1993

|pages=1, 5

|ref={{sfnRef|Obit}}

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External links

  • {{navsource|10/16/160871|USS LST-871}}

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Category:1944 ships

Category:LST-542-class tank landing ships

Category:Ships built in Jeffersonville, Indiana

Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States