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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=USS Okala (ARST-2).jpg | Okala|ARST-2|6}}
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Laysan Island class | Builders= | USA}} | Class before=None | Tackle|ARST-4|6}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1944–1945 | In service range= | In commission range= 1945–1947 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned=3 | Total ships completed=3 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired=3 | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type=Salvage craft tender | Ship displacement=4,100 tons (full load) | 328|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 50|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 11|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=- 2 General Motors 12-567A diesel engines
- Single Falk main reduction gears
- four Diesel-drive 100 kW 120 V / 240 V D.C. twin rudders
- 2 propellers, {{convert|1,800|shp|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| 11.6|kn|mph km/h}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=269 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=* 2 × quad 40 mm AA gun- 12 × single 20 mm AA guns
| Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | The Laysan Island class were three salvage craft tenders serving with the United States Navy during World War II. They were converted from landing ship tanks in response to a Commander Service Forces, Pacific Fleet request that for tenders to support salvage vessels during amphibious operations which would carry pumps, air compressors, repair materials and firefighting equipment. They were also to include extra divers on board and repair facilities for the salvage ships. The ships of the class were built as LSTs and modified to tenders during construction at the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company. [1] Ships in class | Name | Launched | Commissioned | Fate | | Laysan Island|ARST-1|3}} | 27 January 1945 | 5 June 1945 | Scrapped 1994 | | Okala|ARST-2|3}} | 8 February 1945 | 28 June 1945 | Converted to merchant ship | | Palmyra|ARST-3|3}} | 20 February 1945 | 28 July 1945 | Scrapped 1974 |
References 1. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/ARST/ARST01.html|title = Laysan Island class|date = 30 June 2007|accessdate = |website = Shipscribe|publisher = |last = |first = }}
2 : Auxiliary ship classes of the United States Navy|1940s ships |