USS LST-572

History
United States
Name: LST-572
Builder: Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana
Laid down: 15 April 1944
Launched: 29 May 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. B. B. Dumville
Commissioned: 19 June 1944
Decommissioned: 8 March 1946
History
Operator: Commander Naval Forces Far East
In service: date unknown
Out of service: date unknown
Renamed: Q090
History
Operator: Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
In service: 31 March 1952
Reclassified: USNS T-LST-572
Struck: 15 June 1973
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 1 × battle stars
Fate: sold, 19 November 1973
Status: fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type: LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
Length: 328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft:
  • Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range: 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 x LCVPs
Capacity: 1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:
Service record
Operations: Battle of Okinawa (10 May–29 June 1945)
Awards:

USS LST-572 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

Construction and commissioning

LST-572 was laid down on 15 April 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 29 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Dumville, and commissioned on 19 June 1944[1] with Lieutenant James N. Kincanon in command.[2]

Service history

During the war, LST-572 was first assigned assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater as part of convoy HX 301,[3] leaving New York City, 25 July 1944 and arriving in Liverpool, 8 August 1944.[1]

On 24 December 1944, LST-572 left Guantanamo, Cuba, with Convoy GZ 111 and arived in Cristóbal, Colónl, on 27 December 1944.[4]

She was later reasigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Battle of Okinawa in May and June 1945.[1]

Following the war, LST-572 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946.[1]

LST-572 was decommissioned on 8 March 1946 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 where she operated as USNS LST-572. She was struck from the Navy list on 15 June 1973 and sold on 19 November that same year to Yi Ho Enterprise Corp.[1]

Honors and awards

LST-572 earned one battle stars for her World War II service.[1]

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