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History |
United States |
Name | LST-447 |
Ordered | as a
Type S3-M-K2 hull,
MCE hull 967 |
Builder |
Kaiser Shipbuilding Company,
Vancouver, Washington |
Yard number | 151 |
Laid down | 10 July 1942 |
Launched | 22 September 1942 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1942 |
Identification | |
Honors and awards |
5 ×
battle stars |
Fate | Sunk, 7 April 1945 |
General characteristics |
Class and type |
LST-1-class
tank landing ship |
Displacement |
- 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
- 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
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Length | 328
ft (100
m)
oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
- Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
- Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
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Installed power | |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x
LCVPs |
Capacity |
- 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
- 350 tons main deckload
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Troops | 16
officers, 147
enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament | |
Service record |
Part of: |
LST Flotilla 5 |
Operations: |
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Awards: |
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USS LST-447 was a
United States Navy
LST-1-class
tank landing ship used in the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater during
World War II.
Construction
LST-447 was laid down on 10 July 1942, under
Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 967, by
Kaiser Shipyards,
Vancouver, Washington;
launched on 22 September 1942; and
commissioned on 13 December 1942.
Service history
During the war, LST-447 was assigned to the
Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the
consolidation of the southern Solomons in June 1943; the
occupation and defense of Cape Torokina November and December 1943; the
Green Islands landing February 1944; the
Hollandia operation in April 1944; the
assault and occupation of Guam July and August 1944; and the
assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto April 1945.
The tank landing ship was sunk off
Okinawa on 7 April 1945, following a
kamikaze attack. She was struck from the
Navy list on 2 June 1945.
Honors and awards
LST-447 earned five
battle stars for her World War II service.
Notes
- Citations
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External links
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Apr:
Awa Maru
- 2 Apr:
CD-186,
USS Dickerson,
U-321
- 3 Apr:
Brummer,
USS S-16,
U-1221,
U-2542,
U-3505,
T111
- 4 Apr:
USS Dickerson,
U-237,
U-749,
U-3003
- 5 Apr:
U-242,
USS S-17
- 6 Apr:
Amatsukaze,
USS Bush,
USS Colhoun,
USS Leutze,
USS Morris,
USS Newcomb,
USS Witter,
SS Hobbs Victory,
SS Logan Victory
- 7 Apr:
Asashimo,
Hamakaze,
Isokaze,
Isuzu,
Kasumi,
USS LST-447,
Oldenburg,
USS PGM-18,
U-1195,
Yahagi,
Yamato
- 8 Apr:
U-774,
U-1001
- 9 Apr:
Admiral Scheer,
Ro-56,
U-677,
U-747,
U-804,
U-843,
U-982,
U-1065,
U-2509,
U-2514,
U-3512,
U-2516
- 10 Apr:
U-878,
Weser
- 12 Apr:
USS Mannert L. Abele,
Ro-64,
U-486
- 13 Apr:
Karlsruhe,
U-1024
- 14 Apr:
Belgian Airman,
U-235,
U-1206
- 15 Apr:
U-103,
U-285,
U-1063,
U-1235
- 16 Apr:
HMCS Esquimalt,
Lützow,
USS Pringle,
U-78,
U-880,
U-1274
- 17 Apr:
Goya
- 19 Apr:
Aquila,
U-251,
U-548,
U-879
- 21 Apr:
U-636
- 22 Apr:
USS Swallow,
U-518
- 23 Apr:
USS Eagle Boat 56,
U-183
- 24 Apr:
USS Frederick C. Davis,
U-108,
U-546
- 25 Apr:
Graf Zeppelin,
Ro-109,
TA 32,
U-326
- 27 Apr:
Canada Victory,
TA 34
- 28 Apr:
CH-17,
U-56
- 29 Apr:
I-44,
U-56,
U-286,
U-307,
U-1017
- 30 Apr:
HMS Goodall,
TA 43,
U-879,
U-1107
- Unknown date:
I-56,
Ro-46,
Ro-49,
USS Snook,
U-246,
U-325,
U-396,
U-398,
U-548,
U-857,
U-1055
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Other incidents |
- 2 Apr:
USS Dickerson
- 5 Apr:
USS Thornton
- 6 Apr:
USS Defense,
USS Emmons,
USS Mullany,
USS Rodman
- 8 Apr:
USS Bullhead
- 9 Apr:
USS Sea Devil
- 11 Apr:
I-401
- 12 Apr:
USS Lindsey,
U-1024.
USS Zellars
- 14 Apr:
USS Sigsbee
- 15 Apr:
HMS Ekins,
USS Laffey
- 16 Apr:
USS Bryant,
Goya,
USS Harding
- 19 Apr:
USS Bullhead,
USS Pogy,
USS Tolman
- 27 Apr:
HMS Redmill
- 28 Apr:
Argo,
USS Huron
- 29 Apr:
USS Baya
- 30 Apr:
U-3525
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