Photo #: NH 105633
USS YF-1079, ex LST-39 (1943-1946)
Beached (on the right) in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon
Louise ravaged that port in October 1945.
This November 1945 photo shows a portion of her starboard bow.
Another service craft, possibly YF-757, lies sunken beyond
her.
LST-39 was sunk in the West Loch ammuntion explosion at
Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. She was raised, converted to a spare
parts issue barge, and redesignated YF-1079 in August
1944. YF-1079 was stricken from the Navy list in February
1946 and destroyed in August 1946.
Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated
by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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