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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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6 U2 X) c% o6 N1 x* e+ q1 u3 dLST-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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, q0 ]0 v9 [5 }' Z0 g' k& TDuring 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.& E1 D' A: e9 T0 f; H5 {# J# i/ `- s
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# G3 W/ v, J2 O5 @" E/ {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?% J `/ i" n7 {6 N+ w
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一时找不到LST 959原照,上述这张应该是同型号: l8 k. j; \3 @/ D- G6 c E
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2 V6 N8 a6 R( ]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 ?& t: z$ G/ c% q. D
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