USS LST 743
From Our Contribution
 USS LST 743 underway c1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USS LST 743 |
| Owner | US Navy |
| Builder | Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Launched | 19 Apr 1944 |
| Completed | 23 May 1944 |
| In service | 23 May 1944 |
| Out of service | 23 Apr 1946 |
| Fate | sold for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Landing Ship Tank |
| Tonnage | 4,080 tons |
| Length | 328 ft (99.97m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15.24m) |
| Depth | sea-going 8'3" (2.51m) fwd, 14'1" (4.29m) aft; landing 3'11" (1.19m) fwd, 9'10" (3m) aft |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 9 knots (16.67 km/h) |
| Capacity | crew 13 officers, 104 enlisted; troops 16 + 147 |
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Remarks
Laid down on 20 February and launched on 19 Apr 1944. Commissioned on 23 May 1944 and allocated to the Asiatic-Pacific theatre. For a time in late 1944 she was involved with beach landing training at Trinity Beach in Queensland before she participated in the Tarakan Island landing with Australian troops and later the landings on Mindanao Island with US troops. At the conclusion of hostilities she was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 20 Sep until 11 Oct 1945, and again from 23 Oct 1945 until 4 Jan 1946.
Decommissioned on 23 Apr 1946, she was removed from the Naval Register on 19 Jun 1946 and sold in October 1947 to the New Orleans Shipwrecking Company for scrapping.
Battle Honours
Mindanao Landings 10-11 Mar 1945 Tarakan Island landings 27 Apr to 5 May 1945