Allied Warships

USS LST 557 (LST 557)

Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST (Mk 2) 
PennantLST 557 
Built byMissouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. (Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 Aug 1943 
Laid down8 Feb 1944 
Launched11 Apr 1944 
Commissioned5 May 1944 
End service29 May 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 29 May 1946 and transferred to Taiwan.

 

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