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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.2 t7 z3 f O8 V9 J
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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., P9 M4 M2 ~0 i4 O% v: g
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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. @. Q& k) c! R O
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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.: J* L- c, y4 \3 \9 f7 Q
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" ~* A9 u" v$ k7 k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?+ y+ E4 r( S0 O. J$ y) c) H
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一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号3 l( s4 e$ j: V7 H+ P
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; _ k, F; b+ T. C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 $ v3 ~1 C4 }- Y7 [! `; ?( E2 [
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