USS LST-480 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. LST-480 was...
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Landing Ship, Tank (redirect from LST (3))
on 5 December 1975 which consists of USS LST-836, USS LST-649, USS LST-629, USS LST-579 and USS LST-613. USS LST-849 was commissioned in 1945 and was...
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USS Block Island (CVE-21/AVG-21/ACV-21) was a Bogue-class escort carrier for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first of two escort...
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98″W / 21.3571750°N 157.9972167°W / 21.3571750; -157.9972167 USS LST-353 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during...
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USS Parrott (DD-218) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II and was the second ship named for George Fountain Parrott...
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aircraft of the US escort carrier Block Island and by the destroyer escort USS Buckley. On 13 May 1940, three days after the start of the invasion of France...
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USS Medusa (AR-1) was the United States Navy's first purpose-built repair ship. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1924 to 1946. Authorized as part of the...
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confirmed) and assisted in sinking American destroyers USS Benham, USS Walke and USS Preston and damaging USS Gwin. After the battle, Inazuma was based at Truk...
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USS Lapon (SS-260), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after the lapon, a scorpionfish of the Pacific coast...
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3,805 GRT. Notable ships: USS LST-480, USS Tacoma (PF-3), USS Pasco (PF-6), USS Fentress (AK-180), USS Beltrami and USS Blount. Frances Mary Albrier...
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USS LST-463 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. As with many of her class,...
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USS Permit (SS-178), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit. She was laid down as Pinna....
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6 nmi; 4.8 km) south of Hawaii. Only the hull of the partially beached LST-480 was left in West Loch. A press blackout was enforced and naval personnel...
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her class, she severely damaged the heavy cruiser USS Chester in October 1942 and sank the submarine USS Corvina in November 1943, the only Japanese submarine...
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USS LST-39 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. Like many of her...
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in Lake Superior Bay". Twin Cities. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2023-04-27. "U.S.S. Essex". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved...
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List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II (section Landing ship, tank (LST))
Philippine Islands, 15 December 1944. USS LST-480 sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS LST-493 destroyed after grounding while attempting...
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I-176 17 May: U-616 19 May: I-16, U-960, U-1015 21 May: USS LST-353, USS LST-480, U-453 22 May: Asanagi, Hashidate, Ro-106 23 May: Ro-104 24 May: Ro-116...
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129°22′44″E / 36.2800486°N 129.3788641°E / 36.2800486; 129.3788641 USS LST-120 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World...
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I-176 17 May: U-616 19 May: I-16, U-960, U-1015 21 May: USS LST-353, USS LST-480, U-453 22 May: Asanagi, Hashidate, Ro-106 23 May: Ro-104 24 May: Ro-116...
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hunter-killer group TG 21.11, and fired three T-3 torpedoes at the escort carrier USS Block Island, hitting her with two, and severely damaging the ship which...
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LST's. On 23 May, she returned to West Loch and extinguished the blaze in the hulk of LST-480. Valve commenced salvage operations on the sunken LST-515...
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USS Raton (SS/SSR/AGSS-270), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical...
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28°20′N 138°57′E / 28.333°N 138.950°E / 28.333; 138.950 by the submarine USS Pollack. Asanagi was struck from the navy list on 10 July 1944. Watts & Gordon...
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were executed by naval firing squad. German submarine U-247, HMS Torbay and USS Wahoo for other boats alleged to be involved in war crimes. Helgason, Guðmundur...
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she was hit by two torpedoes fired by the United States Navy submarine USS Nautilus 320 kilometres (200 mi) south-southwest of Iwo Jima (22°19′N 143°54′E...
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USS Bream (SS/SSK/AGSS-243), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bream. She served during World War...
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USS PC-558 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sunk by U-230 on 9 May 1944 with the loss...
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County (LST-784) USS Garfield Thomas (DE-193) USS Garfish (SS-30) USS Gargoyle (1903) USS Garland (1815, AM-238/MSF-238) USS Garlies (DE-271) USS Garlopa...
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