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词条 USS LST-960
释义

  1. Construction

  2. Service history

  3. Awards

  4. Notes

     Citations 

  5. Bibliography

  6. External links

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  • Code letters: NKFS
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  • Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (18 April–7 May 1945)
victories = awards =
  • China Service Medal
  • American Campaign Medal
  • Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp

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USS LST-960 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-960 was laid down on 11 October 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 8 November 1944; and commissioned on 2 December 1944,{{sfn|DANFS}} with Lieutenant Harold A. Jamieson, USN, in command.{{sfn|Navsource|2016}}

Service history

During World War II, LST-960 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April and May 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early April 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 4 April 1948, she was sold to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Washington, for scrapping.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Awards

LST-960 earned one battle star for World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Notes

{{notelist}}

Citations

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}Online resources
  • {{cite DANFS

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-960.html
| title = LST-960
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date =
| accessdate = 15 June 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 = 15 June 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}}
  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160960.htm
| title= USS LST-960
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 27 May 2016
| accessdate= 15 June 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2016}}{{Refend}}

External links

  • {{navsource|10/16/160960|USS LST-960}}
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4 : LST-542-class tank landing ships|World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States|Ships built in Hingham, Massachusetts|1944 ships

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