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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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