USS LST-662, a 2366-ton LST-511 class tank landing ship, was built at Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in May 1944, she took part in amphibious operations in the Palaus, Subic Bay, and Okinawa during the remainder of World War II. LST-662 decommissioned in December 1945 and was sold in June 1946.
This page features views of USS LST-662.
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Photo #: 80-G-379472 USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 In the floating drydock ABSD-6, in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-379469 USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 Entering the floating drydock ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 122KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-350133 Tank Landing Ships (LST) and a Barracks Ship (APB) moored together, 1945. The ships in this group include (from left to right): An unidentified LST (In the number range from LST-850 through LST-859); USS LST-461; USS Yavapai (APB-42); USS LST-662; USS LST-672 and USS LST-733. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-66472 USS LST-662 Ready for launching, at the American Bridge Company shipyard, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 5 April 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-66469 USS LST-662 Ship's Sponsor, Miss Louise Leahy, poses with the christening bottle during launching ceremonies at the American Bridge Company shipyard, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 5 April 1944. LST-662's port bow is directly behind her. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 79KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-66471 USS LST-662 Ship's Sponsor, Miss Louise Leahy, christens LST-662 during launching ceremonies at the American Bridge Company shipyard, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 5 April 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-66473 USS LST-662 Slides into the Ohio River during her launching, at the American Bridge Company shipyard, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 5 April 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-66474 USS LST-662 Afloat just after launching, at the American Bridge Company shipyard, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 5 April 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
28 July 1999