Name USS LST-713 Commissioned 7 August 1944 Struck 31 July 1946 Launched 11 July 1944 Builder Jeffboat | Laid down 3 June 1944 Decommissioned 20 June 1946 Construction started 3 June 1944 Length 100 m | |
Honors and
awards 2 battle stars (World War II) | ||
USS LST-713 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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The ship was laid down on 3 June 1944 at the Jefferson Boat & Machine Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana; she was launched on 11 July 1944 and commissioned on 7 August 1944.
Service history
During World War II, LST-713 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. She participated in two operations: the Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, which took place from April to June 1945. Following the war, LST-713 performed occupation duty in the Far East until February 1946.
She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 20 June 1946, and struck from the Navy List on 31 July that same year. On 21 May 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and subsequently scrapped.
Awards
USS LST-713 earned two battle stars for World War II service.