USS LST-399

	T-LST-399 on 11 April 1974
History
United States
Name	LST-399
Owner	United States Navy (1943-1945); SCAJAP (1945-1952); MSTS (1952-1985);
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News
Laid down	28 September 1942
Launched	23 November 1942
Commissioned	4 January 1943
Decommissioned	8 December 1945
Renamed	Q088, 1945; T-LST-399, 1952; IX-511;
Stricken	1 November 1973
Honours and; awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load ; 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing;
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft; Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft;
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,700 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum; 350 tons main deckload;
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns ; 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns; 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

Construction and commissioning

During World War II, LST-399 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the occupation of New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu on 21 July and Vella Lavella from 15 and 26 August 1943. Assault on the Treasury Island from 27 October and 6 November 1943.^[2]

The ship participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima from 19 to 25 February 1945 and later the assault and occupation of Okinawa from 1 to 14 April 1945.^[2] After the end of the war, the ship was decommissioned on 8 December 1945 and Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), which the ship was re-designated as Q088.^[3]

Military Sea Transportation Service acquired the ship on 31 March 1952 and re-designated again as T-LST-399.^[2] On 1 November 1973, the T-LST-399 was struck from the Naval Register and was put into the mothball state at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, California.^[4] She was later scrapped.^[2]

According to Navsource.org, the ship was reinstated and renamed as IX-511, later struck on the Naval Register on 15 June 1985.^[3]

LST-399 earned five battle star for World War II service.^[3]

^ Navsource 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "LST-399". NHHC. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tank Landing Ship LST-1010". www.navsource.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "NH 84849 USNS LST-399". NHHC. Retrieved 11 February 2022.