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USS <i>LST-928</i>

USS LST-928

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USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) was an LST-542-class 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.

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Construction

LST-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944.[3][2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945.[3]

She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946,[3] and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River.[2] She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960.[1]

Awards

LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

    Citations

    1. [1]
      Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
    2. [2]
      Navsource 2015.
    3. [3]
      DANFS.

    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-928". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 May 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-928". Navsource.org. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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