USS LST-925 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.

Construction

LST-925 was laid down on 10 May 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 21 June 1944; and commissioned on 15 July 1944.[3][2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-925 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945.[3] In the early hours of 10 January she was damaged by Japanese Army Shin'yō-class suicide motorboats in Lingayen Gulf and beached on "Orange Beach" to avoid sinking.[4]

She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 26 November 1945, and struck from the Navy list on 5 December, that same year. On 9 May 1948, the ship was sold to Consolidated Builders Inc., Seattle, Washington, for scrapping.[3]

Awards

LST-925 earned one battle star for World War II service.[3]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
  2. ^ a b Navsource 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d DANFS.
  4. ^ "Explosive Motorboats based in the Philippines 1944-1945". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

Bibliography

Online resources

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-925
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