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]
 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 |
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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) |
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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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Construction and career
editLST-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]
Service in the United States Navy
editDuring 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.
Service in the Philippine Navy
editShe 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
editLST-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". NHHC. 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.