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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.* h0 }$ E. Y5 l2 B5 U9 m! B
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3 d* G# O0 E6 u3 w$ D7 c OLST-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 1944.8 \) I! J! n2 f3 x; t! X
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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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; V5 c* I4 C6 O! Y" q4 q+ Y: KFollowing 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.- O6 Q6 Z5 S* L& u' Q. |5 z
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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?: N6 p+ d" F4 |6 M& f# s
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一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号
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' H8 A% m4 H. Y% f& ]% S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 / C4 ]$ C* u1 F4 A! e8 v
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