USS LST-7

History
Name: USS LST-7
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh
Laid down: 17 July 1942
Launched: 31 October 1942
Sponsored by: Mrs. Anna Marvin
Commissioned: 2 March 1943
Struck: 19 June 1946
Honors and
awards:		 3 battle stars (WWII)
Fate: Scrapped in 1947
General characteristics
Class & type: LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length: 328 ft (100 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: Varied, depending on load
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 6 LCVP
Capacity: between 1600 and 1900 tons
Troops: 14 officers, 131 enlisted men
Complement: 129 officers and enlisted men
Armament:
  • 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts w/Mk.51 directors
  • 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts
  • 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts

USS LST-7 was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-7 served in the European Theater of Operations and was scrapped in 1947.[1]

Construction

LST-7 was laid down on 17 July 1942 at Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, launched on 31 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Anna Marvin;[2] and commissioned on 2 March 1943.

Service History

LST-7 was assigned to the European Theatre and participated in the following operations for which she received three battle stars:

LST-7 was decommissioned on 21 May 1946, struck on 19 July 1946 and sold for scrap on 7 October 1947 to Mr. Lewis Green Jr. of Charleston, South Carolina.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

  1. ↑ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  2. ↑ "LST-7". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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