Suvarna Garge (Editor)

USS LST 459

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
USS LST-459

Laid down
  
22 September 1942

Decommissioned
  
12 April 1946

Construction started
  
22 September 1942

Length
  
99.9 m

Ordered
  
as S3-M2-K2

Commissioned
  
13 February 1943

Struck
  
19 June 1946

Launched
  
29 October 1942

Builder
  
Kaiser Shipyards

USS LST-459 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship which saw service during the Second World War. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.

Service history

The ship was laid down on 22 September 1942, at Wash, Vancouver, by Kaiser, Inc. She was launched on 29 October. During the Second World War, LST-459 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, where she participated in the following campaigns:

  • Bismarck Archipelago operation at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in December 1943 and January and February 1944 as well as the Admiralty Islands landings of March 1944
  • Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines during the Mindano landings of March and April 1945 and the Sulu Archipelago landings of April 1945.
  • Hollandia operation of April and May 1944
  • Leyte operation, October and November 1944
  • Luzon campaign during the Lingayen Gulf landings of January 1945
  • Western New Guinea operation during the Biak Island operation, May and June 1944; Noemfoor Island operation, July 1944; Cape Sansapor operation, August 1944; Morotai landings of September 1944

    • The ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 June 1946. Ultimately, she was sold for scrap to New Orleans Shipwrecking Co. on 31 October 1947.

    References

    USS LST-459 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA