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Photo #: NH 105635

USS YF-1079
, ex LST-39 (1943-1946)

Beached and damaged in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945.
Photographed in November 1945. The image shows the after portion of her starboard side, which was damaged by a collision with another YF during the storm. Another service craft, possibly YF-757, lies sunken to the left.
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 had diesel parts on board when wrecked. She 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.

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Image posted 28 May 2008