
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
USS LST-286
- Landing Ship Tank:
- Displacement: 1,490 tons (lite); 4,080 tons (full load of 2,100 tons)
- Length: 327'
- Beam: 50'
- Draft: 8' fwd; 14'4" aft (full load)
- Speed: 10.8 knots (max); 9 knots (econ)
- Armament: 1 3"/50 DP; 1 40mm; 6 20mm
- Complement: 7 officers, 204 enlisted
- Diesel engines, twin screws
- LSTs carry smaller craft topside, a tunnel-like hold full of tanks, vehicles, guns or cargo.
- Built at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa., and commissioned 11 December 1943
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At launching |
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En route to Operation DRAGOON in southern France |

5 June 1944 -- awaiting orders for OVERLORD |

En route to Normandy |

En route to Normandy |

With Rhino Ferry & Mule, enroute to Normandy |

Beached at Normandy |

Don Hunt |
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January 13, 2001