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USS LST-918

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Construction
Service history
Awards
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
External links

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LST-918 underway in San Francisco Bay, California, with Mark 6 {{USS>LCT-1292

2}} on board, {{circa}} early 1946.
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Ship country= United States

1946}}

Ship name= LST-918

Ship builder= Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts

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Ship laid down= 5 April 1944

Ship launched= 7 May 1944

Ship sponsor=

Ship commissioned= 29 May 1944

Ship decommissioned= 12 June 1946

Ship struck= 31 July 1946

Ship honors = 2 × battle star

Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-918

Code letters: NVPO
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Ship fate= sold for scrapping, 18 December 1947

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LST-542|tank landing ship}}

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

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

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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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label =

partof = LST Flotilla 1

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commanders =

operations =

Leyte landings (20 October 1944)
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (26 March–7 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

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USS LST-918 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-918 was laid down on 5 April 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 7 May 1944; and commissioned on 29 May 1944,{{sfn|DANFS}} with Lieutenant Paul Cherin, USNR, in command.{{sfn|Navsource|2015}}

Service history

During World War II, LST-918 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and took part in the Leyte landings in October 1944, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in March and June 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Following the war, LST-918 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 12 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 31 July, that same year. On 18 December 1947, the ship was sold to the Learner Co., Oakland, California, and subsequently scrapped.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Awards

LST-918 earned three battle star for World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}Online resources

{{cite DANFS

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-918.html
| title = LST-918
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date =
| accessdate = 20 May 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}

{{cite web

| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethhingham.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 11 August 2011
| accessdate = 20 May 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160918.htm
| title= USS LST-918
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 26 September 2015
| accessdate= 20 May 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2015}}{{Refend}}

External links

{{navsource|10/16/160918|LST-918}}

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