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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.
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- y. i+ |$ B; H( \5 x1 E$ iLST-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.
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Service history
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) |; L9 x/ L8 |4 {9 a3 p- xDuring 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.
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4 v( r+ |3 n+ n8 L( ?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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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?. s1 S1 M; g3 ^
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一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号5 j0 A: ^' p, e5 B) P( W
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