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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.* r7 K8 W# L- }7 K
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, B) c3 D" c ~0 KLST-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.. K4 H7 B/ v& N! C: P
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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.
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0 {0 m5 z$ p. }# e5 BFollowing 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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5 j- P6 p: V& A7 y8 s- E" @+ Z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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- s) c0 P2 h. x6 N一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号' y9 d7 }: M& _: \+ L: T5 u
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, A( \' I0 {9 e" G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 
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