USS LST-964
{{Short description|Tank landing ship in the United States Navy}}
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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= LST-964 |Ship builder= Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |Ship yard number= 3434{{sfn|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}} |Ship laid down= 24 October 1944 |Ship launched= 22 November 1944 |Ship sponsor= |Ship commissioned= 16 December 1944 |Ship decommissioned= 27 June 1946 |Ship struck= 15 August 1946 |Ship reclassified= |Ship honors = |Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-964
|Ship fate= Sold for conversion to merchant service, 17 January 1947 |Ship status= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= Argentina |Ship flag= {{flagicon|Argentina|civil}} |Ship name= San Juan Bosco |Ship owner= Compania Naviera SA and Commercial Perez Companc |Ship route= Belém, Pará, Brazil to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship reclassified= |Ship honors = |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Sold |Ship status= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name= Ionian Sea |Ship owner= The Carrier Co. |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship reclassified= |Ship honors = |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Sold, 1974 |Ship status= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= Brazil |Ship flag= {{flagicon|Brazil|civil}} |Ship name= |Ship owner= Dalmine Deguara Siderca Company, Campana, Brazil |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship reclassified= |Ship honors = |Ship identification= |Ship fate= |Ship status= Fate unknown }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption={{sfn|Navsource|2013}} |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}} |Ship depth= |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}} |Ship armor= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox service record | is_ship = yes | is_multi = | label = | partof = LST Flotilla 31 | codes = | commanders = | operations = | victories = | awards =
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USS LST-964 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-964 was laid down on 24 October 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 22 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Ailene Borland; and commissioned on 16 December 1944.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}
Service history
Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early April 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 27 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 15 August, that same year. On 17 January 1947, the ship was sold to Campania Naviera y Commercial Perez Compano S.A. for operation.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}
She was later sold to the Carrier Company and renamed Ionian Sea. In 1974, she was again sold, to Dalmine Deguara Siderca Company at Campana, Brazil, on the Paraná River.{{sfn|Navsource|2013}}
Notes
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Bibliography
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Online resources
- {{cite DANFS
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-964.html
| title = LST-964
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date = 4 August 2015
| access-date = 20 June 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}}
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- {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethhingham.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 11 August 2011
| access-date = 20 June 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160964.htm
| title= USS LST-964
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 22 March 2013
| access-date= 20 June 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2013}}
}}
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External links
- {{navsource|10/16/160964|USS LST-964}}
{{LST-542 class tank landing ship|900}}
{{MARCOM ships Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard}}
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Category:LST-542-class tank landing ships
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States