USS LST-616

History
United States
Name	LST-616
Builder	Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca
Laid down	12 February 1944
Launched	12 May 1944
Commissioned	29 May 1944
Decommissioned	19 January 1946
Renamed	Q019 T-LST-616
Stricken	1 May 1961
Identification	Callsign: NFEH[1]
Fate	Transferred to Indonesia, 1961
Indonesia
Name	Teluk Bayur
Namesake	Bayur Bay
Acquired	1961
Commissioned	17 June 1961
Decommissioned	19 March 2011
Homeport	Tanjung Priok, Jakarta
Identification	Pennant number: 502
Fate	Sunk as target, 2012
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-542-class tank landing ship Teluk Langsa-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Sensors and processing systems	on KRI Teluk Bayur AN/SPS-21 surface search and navigation radar
Armament	as USS LST-616 8 × 40 mm guns 12 × 20 mm guns as KRI Teluk Bayur 8 × single 37 mm gun mounts

USS LST-616 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Teluk Bayur (502).

LST-616 was laid down on 12 February 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. Launched on 12 May 1944 and commissioned on 29 May 1944.

During World War II, LST-616 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from 26 March to 29 April 1945. She was then assigned to the occupation and China service in the Far East from 23 September 1945 until her decommissioning on 19 January 1946 in which she was assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q019.

Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 31 March 1952 and placed in service as USNS T-LST-616. Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1961.

Under provisions of the Military Assistance Program, she was transferred to the Indonesia in 1961, and served as Teluk Bayur (502).

On 17 June 1961, she was put into service with the Indonesian Navy.^[2]

For first time, the ship's commander was under Marine Major (P) Handayana Sukendar. The ship entered to strengthen elements of the Military Seaborne Command in 1975, and was under the daily guidance of the Surabaya Military Seaborne Unit (Satlinlamil).^{[citation needed]}

She was decommissioned on 19 March 2011.^{[citation needed]}

The ship was disposed of in an Indonesian Navy SINKEX on 20 April 2012.

The shipwreck of the former KRI Teluk Bayur, which has sunk in the waters of Merak, Banten, has been successfully recycled by personnel from the Lantamal V Surabaya Base Facilities Service (Disfaslan) into objects that can be used again. Namely being a land generator, by utilizing a generator from the wreckage of a ship that sank after being targeted by a Yakhont missile, which was tested after buying it from Russia, several years ago.^[3]

LST-616 have earned the following awards:

• China Service Medal (extended)
• American Campaign Medal
• Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 battle star)
• World War II Victory Medal
• Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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• Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
• Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
• Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
• Haryadi, Letkol. (Mar.) Yosafat Robert (2019). Sejarah Kavaleri Korps Marinir (in Indonesian). Surabaya: Penerbit Karunia. ISBN 978-979-9039-97-2.