USS LST-865
 USS LST-865
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-865 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville |
| Laid down | 19 October 1944 |
| Launched | 22 November 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Monetta S. Brendel |
| Commissioned | 16 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 December 1947 |
| Stricken | 22 January 1948 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Transferred to Philippines, 30 December 1976 |
 Philippines | |
| Name | Albay |
| Namesake | Albay |
| Acquired | 30 December 1976 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1976 |
| Decommissioned | 1979 |
| Reclassified | LT-39 |
| Identification | Hull number: T-39 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 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 x LCVPs |
| Capacity | 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-865 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Philippine Navy as RPS Albay (T-39).[1]
Construction and career[edit]
LST-865 was laid down on 19 October 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 22 November 1944 and commissioned on 16 December 1944.[2]
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During World War II, LST-865 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She was assigned to occupation and Far East from 3 September to 15 December 1947.
She was decommissioned on 30 Decommissioned 1947.
LST-865 was struck from the Navy Register on 22 January 1948 and transferred to the Philippines.
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She was acquired by the Philippine Navy on 30 December 1976 and renamed RPS Albay (T-39).
During the Korean War, RPS Cotabato, RPS Pampanga, RPS Bulacan, BRP Albay, and BRP Misamis Oriental had been sent to transport Filipino soldiers to and from Korea for five years.[3] Albay and Bulacan conducted anti-aircraft and anti-submarine drills with a U.S. Navy submarine which surfaced next to Albay. Both ships then anchored at the Port of Busan, 12 days after they departed Manila.[3] She made trips from 1953 to 1954 carrying troops to and back from Korea.
On 19 April 1974, a 20-day marathon on bicycles named Tour of Luzon-Visayas with 200 participants boarded the ship at South Harbor in order to continue the marathon in Tolosa.[4]
RPS Albay, Bulacan and Misamis Oriental were all mothballed in 1979.[3]
Awards[edit]
LST-865 have earned the following awards:
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 battle star)
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- China Service Medal (extended)
Citations[edit]
- ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST-865". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "LST-865". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Condeno, Mark R. (18 July 2018). "A History of the Philippine Navy in the Korean War (1950-1953)". Center for International Maritime Security. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ goriob (22 October 2004), 1974 RPS Mindoro Occidental (LST 93), retrieved 14 September 2021
Sources[edit]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
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