USS LST-479

USS LST-479 and LST-476, land vehicles and supplies amid the Roi Island Beach clutter and wreckage during the Kwajalein Operation, c. 2 to 8 February 1944. The LCVP in right foreground is from Warren.
History
United States
Name	LST-479
Ordered	as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 999[1]
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number	34[1]
Laid down	25 August 1942
Launched	4 October 1942
Commissioned	19 April 1943
Decommissioned	28 February 1946
Stricken	28 March 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-479 Code letters: NGOL
Honors and awards	5 × battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 16 April 1948
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
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 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Part of:	LST Flotilla 13
Operations:	Gilbert Islands operations (21 November–8 December 1943) Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (2–8 February 1944) Battle of Hollandia (21–26 April 1944) Capture and occupation of Guam (21–25 July 1944) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (26–29 April 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal

USS LST-479 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

LST-479 was laid down on 25 August 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 999, by Kaiser Shipyards, Yard No. 4, Richmond, California; launched on 4 October 1942; and commissioned on 19 April 1943.^[1][3]

During the war, LST-479 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operation, November and December 1943; the Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls in February 1944; the Battle of Hollandia in April 1944; the Battle of Guam in July 1944; and the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945.^[3]

Following the war, LST-479 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 28 February 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 28 March 1946. On 16 April 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and subsequently scrapped.^[3]

LST-479 earned five battle stars for her World War II service.^[3]

Citations

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• Photo gallery of USS LST-479 at NavSource Naval History