- Construction and commissioning
- Service history
- Honors and awards
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1946}} | Ship name= LST-571 | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana | Ship laid down= 14 April 1944 | Ship launched= 25 May 1944 | Ship sponsor=Mrs. Joseph H. Hayes | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 14 June 1944 | Ship decommissioned= 12 March 1946 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship struck= 12 April 1946 | Ship reinstated= | Ship identification=*Hull symbol:LST-571- Code letters:NEWN
- {{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Echo}}{{ICS|Whiskey}}{{ICS|November}}
| Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= 2 × battle stars | Ship fate= sold, 17 August 1948 | Ship status= fate unknown | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | LST-542|tank landing ship}} | Ship displacement=- {{cvt|1625|LT|t|0|lk=on}} (light)
- {{cvt|4080|LT|t|0}} (full (seagoing draft with {{cvt|1675|ST|lk=on}} load)
| 328|ft|lk=on}} oa | 50|ft}} | Ship draft=- Unloaded: {{cvt|2|ft|4|in}} forward; {{cvt|7|ft|6|in}} aft
- Full load: {{cvt|8|ft|2|in}} forward; {{cvt|14|ft|1|in}} aft
- Landing with {{cvt|500|ST}} load: {{cvt|3|ft|11|in}} forward; {{cvt|9|ft|10|in}} aft
| Ship depth= | Ship power=- 2 × {{cvt|900|hp|lk=on}} General Motors 12-567A diesel engines,
- {{cvt|1700|shp|lk=on}}
| Ship propulsion=- 1 × Falk main reduction gears
- 2 × screws
| 12|kn|lk=on}} | 24000|nmi}} at {{cvt|9|kn|0}} while displacing {{cvt|3960|LT|t|0}} | Ship boats= 2 x LCVPs | 1600|-|1900|st}} cargo depending on mission | Ship troops=16 officers, 147 enlisted men | Ship complement=13 officers, 104 enlisted men | Ship armament=- 2 × twin {{convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}} Bofors guns
- 4 × single 40mm Bofors guns
- 12 × {{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}} Oerlikon cannons
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox service record | is_ship = yes | is_multi = | label = | partof = | codes = | commanders = | operations =- Battle of Luzon Lingayen Gulf landings (9 January 1945)
- Battle of Okinawa (1 April–18 June 1945)
| victories = | awards =- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp
- Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
- Philippine Liberation Medal
}} | USS LST-571 was a United States Navy {{sclass-|LST-542|tank landing ship}} used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. Construction and commissioningLST-571 was laid down on 14 April 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 25 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph H. Hayes, and commissioned on 14 June 1944{{sfn|DANFS-LST-571}} with Lieutenant Walter A. Raleigh in command.{{sfn|NS LST-571|2014}} Service historyDuring the war, LST-571 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945 and the Battle of Okinawa in April through June 1945.{{sfn|DANFS-LST-571}} Following the war, LST-571 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early December 1945. Upon her return to the United States, LST-571 was decommissioned on 12 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 12 April that same year. On 17 August 1948, the ship was sold to the Port Houston Iron Works, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for non-self-propelled operation.{{sfn|DANFS-LST-571}} Honors and awardsLST-571 earned two battle stars for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS-LST-571}} Notes- Citations
Bibliography- Online sources
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-571.html
| title = LST-571
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date =
| accessdate = 12 August 2016
| link =on
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS-LST-571}}
| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160571.htm
| title = USS LST-571
| publisher = NavSource Online
| date = 19 December 2014
| accessdate = 12 August 2016
| ref = {{sfnRef|NS LST-571|2014}}External links- {{navsource|http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160571.htm|USS LST-571}}
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