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Osumi (LST 542) class Tank Landing Ship
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LST-4001 JDS Osumi |
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LST
4001 JDS Osumi (ex USS
Daggett County / LST 689) |
builder:
Jeffersonville
Boat and Machine Company, Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA laid
down: January
11, 1944 (as USS LST 689) launched:
March 9, 1944 commissioned:
May 2, 1944 decommissioned:
March 1946 laid
up in reserve named
USS Daggett County / LST 689 on July 1, 1955 struck:
October 1, 1959 transferred
to Japan: 1961 - renamed JDS Osumi (LST-4001) transferred
to the Philippines: 1975 - renamed BRP Davao Oriental (LT-506) fate: sold for scrap, date unknown |
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LST
4002 JDS Shimokita (ex USS
Hillsdale County / LST 835) |
builder:
American
Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA laid
down: September
6, 1944 (as USS LST 835) launched:
October 25,
1944 commissioned:
November 20,
1944 decommissioned:
January 1946 laid
up in reserve named
USS Hillsdale County / LST 835 on July 1, 1955 struck:
October 1959 transferred
to Japan: April
1961 - renamed JDS Shimokita (LST-4002) transferred
to the Philippines: renamed BRP Cavite (LT-509) fate:
scrapped in
1989 |
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LST
4003 JDS Shiretoko (ex USS
Nansemond County / LST 1064) |
builder:
Bethlehem-Hingham
Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA laid
down: January
9, 1945 (as USS LST 1064) launched:
February 14,
1945 commissioned:
March 12,
1945 decommissioned:
August 21,
1946 laid
up in reserve named
USS Nansemond County / LST 1064 on July 1, 1955 struck:
October 1959 transferred
to Japan: April
1961 - renamed JDS Shiretoko (LST-4003) returned
to USA: 1975 transferred
to the Philippines: September 24, 1976 renamed
BRP Samar Del Norte (LT-510) fate:
unknown |
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Length: |
100 meters |
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Beam: |
15 meters |
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Draft: |
unloaded: 2,29 meters / loaded: 4,29 meters |
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Displacement: |
1625 tons (light) / 4080 tons (full load) |
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Speed: |
12 knots, max. (22 km/h) |
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Crew: |
ship: up to 110 / plus 160 troops |
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Aviation: |
none |
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Propulsion: |
2 General Motors
12-567 diesel engines (900 hp) / 2 shafts, 2 propellers, 2
rudders |
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Armament: |
8 x
40mm guns 12 x 20mm
guns |
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LST 835 USS Hillsdale County (later
LST-4002 JDS Shimokita) |
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