Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 39 |
Built by | Dravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 23 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 23 Apr 1943 |
Launched | 29 Jul 1943 |
Commissioned | 8 Sep 1943 |
Lost | 21 May 1944 |
History | Sunk at West Loch, Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944
when mortar ammunition that was being loaded aboard LST 353 exploded. |
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