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{{Infobox ship imageShip image=USS LST-933 Tarakan, Borneo, 1 May 1945.jpg | Ship caption=USS LST-933 beached high and dry on the mud flats at Tarakan, Borneo while landing troops and equipment of the Australian Army's Headquarters 26th Infantry Brigade across a pontoon causeway, 1 May 1945. }}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United States | 1946}} | Ship name= LST-933 | Ship builder= Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts | Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}} | Ship laid down= 23 June 1944 | Ship launched= 26 July 1944 | Ship sponsor= | Ship commissioned= 20 August 1944 | Ship decommissioned= 2 July 1946 | Ship struck= 15 August 1946 | Ship reclassified= | Ship honors = 2 × battle star | Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-933- Code letters: NKBY
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| Ship fate= Sold for scrapping, 25 May 1948 | Ship status= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Navsource|2015}} | 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 = | codes = | commanders = | operations =- Palawan Island landings (28 February–1 March, 6–7 March 1945)
- Mindanao Island landings (17–23 April, 10–16 May 1945)
- Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (21–30 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-933 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. ConstructionLST-933 was laid down on 23 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 26 July 1944; and commissioned on 20 August 1944,{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} with Lieutenant (junior grade) Margil L. Stokes, USN, in command.{{sfn|Navsource|2015}} Service historyDuring World War II, LST-933 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Palawan Island landings in February and March 1945, the Mindanao Island landings in April and May 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} Following the war, LST-933 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 2 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 15 August, that same year. On 25 May 1948, the ship was sold to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York, New York, for scrapping.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} AwardsLST-933 earned two battle star for World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}} Notes {{notelist}}Citations Bibliography {{refbegin}}Online resources | last = | first = | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-933.html | title = LST-933 | publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command | date = 4 August 2015 | accessdate = 31 May 2017 | ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}} | url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethhingham.htm | title = Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA | publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com | date = 11 August 2011 | accessdate = 31 May 2017 | ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}} | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160933.htm | title= USS LST-933 | publisher= Navsource.org | date= 6 November 2015 | accessdate= 31 May 2017 | ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2015}}{{Refend}}External links- {{navsource|10/16/160933|USS LST-933}}
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