USS LST-993

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

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| Ship image = File:USS LST-933 Tarakan, Borneo, 1 May 1945.jpg

| Ship caption = USS LST-933 at Tarakan on 1 May 1945

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| Ship country = United States

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

| Ship name = LST-993

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| Ship builder = Boston Navy Yard

| Ship laid down = 7 March 1944

| Ship launched = 7 April 1944

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| Ship commissioned = 12 May 1944

| Ship decommissioned = 1 June 1946

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| Ship struck = 12 March 1948

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| Ship honours = 3 battle stars (World War II)

| Ship fate = Transferred to the Taiwan, 7 February 1948

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| Ship country = Taiwan

| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Republic of China|naval}}

| Ship name = *Chung Shun

  • (中訓)

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| Ship acquired = 7 February 1948

| Ship commissioned = 7 February 1948

| Ship decommissioned = 31 December 1954

| Ship identification = Hull number: LST-208

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| Ship fate = Scrapped, 31 December 1954

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

| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1490|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light

  • {{convert|4080|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full

| Ship length = {{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft = *{{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} forward

  • {{convert|14|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} aft

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| Ship propulsion = 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts

| Ship speed = {{convert|10.8|kn|lk=in}}

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| Ship complement = 7 officers, 104 enlisted men

| Ship armament = *6 × 40 mm guns

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USS LST-993 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.

LST-993 was laid down on 7 March 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Gladys L. Morey; and commissioned on 12 May 1944.

Service history

= Service in United States Navy =

During World War II, LST-993 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations:

Following the war, LST-993 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early June 1946. She was decommissioned on 1 June 1946. On 7 February 1948, the ship was transferred to the Republic of China. She was struck from the Navy list on 12 March 1948.

LST-993 earned three battle stars for World War II service.

= Service in Republic of China Navy =

On 14 August 1954, ROCS Chun Shun ran aground in the waters of the Nanji Islands in Zhejiang Province and her hull was seriously damaged. It was finally decided to abandon the ship and was scrapped on 31 December of the same year. In 1955, her name and pennant number was taken over by another LST. The second ship is ROCS Chung Shun, this makes her the second ship with the same name that has been in service so far.{{Cite web|last=FlyingName (flyingname)|title=曾經泊靠南京的"二代"中訓艦 (LST-208) @ 滄海一角 ~ FlyingName's Photo Blog :: 痞客邦 ::|url=http://flyingname.pixnet.net/blog/post/340645878|access-date=2021-08-21|website=滄海一角 ~ FlyingName's Photo Blog|date=2 July 2016 |language=zh-TW}}

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