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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.& t: `/ E9 W: v7 v# D1 `9 W
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& n5 q0 q9 Z' s! W( jLST-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.% M7 W0 ?0 q7 @. ]
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7 J! c! v+ P0 T& o) ^( K+ j5 N) |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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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.1 X6 W1 A( D) O& v' _
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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?! I' A. A g/ F8 P
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一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号% }9 T4 E5 p7 [6 F( n
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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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