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USS LST-959 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.# R: c" @/ U1 n# |$ ]0 p
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LST-959 was laid down on 6 October 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 4 November 1944; and commissioned on 25 November 1944.$ l2 o% p8 l6 I
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) \6 d% ?% |9 {: J$ ^During World War II, LST-959 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945.2 O( M, [) n0 l3 H
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Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-May 1946. She was decommissioned on 13 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July, that same year. On 10 June 1948, the ship was stripped and destroyed at Subic Bay, Philippines.
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+ w6 L* ?/ T5 q要请教晨兄:高雄号的前身是LST-219,我在菲律宾苏比克湾潜的沉船LST是 USS LST 959,二者区别是不是很大?
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5 l6 h/ x: I" g' F' \7 L一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号 J: n7 a2 a1 q; h- H( U1 }
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5 R$ g* H( Z* {* h高雄号要是沉在台北外海,深度不要超过40米,啧啧啧啧,那就是俺们沉船潜水员的福气咯 2 Q) ^+ I s+ O! e4 k4 ]. J6 r
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