USS LST 911

USS LST 911

USS LST-911 unloading RAAF No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron at Mindoro Island, Philippines, 15 Dec 1944 - AWM photo OG1898
LST 911 after launching
History
Name	USS LST 911
Owner	US Navy
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3381
Launched	12 Apr 1944
Completed	13 Apr 1944
In service	14 May 1944
Out of service	24 Jun 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap 25 Sep 1947
General characteristics
Type	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Tonnage	4,080 tons
Length	328 ft (100m)
Beam	50 ft (15m)
Depth	draft 2.51m fwd when loaded, 4.29m aaft
Propulsion	Twin screw
Speed	11.6 knots (21.5km/h)
Capacity	117 crew plus 163 troops

Armament:

• 2 x twin 40mm Bofor guns
• 4 x single 40mm Bofors
• 12 x 20mm Oerlikon cannons

Remarks

On 9 Dec 1944 the LST embarked 149 men and vehicles from the Australian No.3 Airfield Construction Squadron and sailed for Mindoro on the 12th. Although the convoy came under repeated attacks by Japanese planes, the tank landing ship received no damage and disembarked her passengers and unloaded her equipment on 15 Dec 1944.

On 26 Mar 1945 in Cairns the LST loaded Australian Army medical cargo and vehicles, and got underway to Morotai, via Biak, on 30 May. With cargo unloaded on 13 June, LST-911 refueled before embarking Australian infantry, railway construction people, and petroleum experts for the invasion of Balikpapan, Borneo. Departing Morotai on 28 June, the LST disembarked the Australians in Balikpapan Bay on 5 July. Returning to Morotai, LST-911 made another ferry run to Balikpapan between 12 and 17 July.

The LST performed occupation duty in the Far East until April 1946 when she returned to Seattle, Wash., for inactivation. LST-911 decommissioned at Seattle on 24 June 1946

Campaigns

• Western New Guinea - Morotai landing
• Leyte Operation
• Luzon Operation
• Southern Phillippines - Mindanao Landing
• Borneo Operations

Soldiers carried

Cairns to Morotai 30 May - 13 June 1945

Boarded 27 May

• Ernest Emanuel Mills
• Robert Ralph Thompson