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RUSTY OLD SEA DOG
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Date Posted: 02/24/11 09:04:59
LST 1005
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# LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 2 February 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
# Launched, 11 March 1944
# Commissioned USS LST-1005, 6 April 1944
# Following World War II USS LST-1005 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early 1946.
# Severely damaged by collision with USS LST-814 during a beaching operation off Sasebo, Japan, 30 December 1945
# Decommissioned, 6 April 1946 after removal of all salvageable equipment following damage sustained in beaching operations
# Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
# Final Disposition, hulk destroyed
Ex-USS LST-814 and ex-USS LST-1005 beached at Okunoshima, Japan, 3 August 1946. The two LSTs had been damaged beyond economical repair and had been decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and stripped of all useful material. They were then loaded with a cargo of poison gas, removed during "Operation Lewisite" from the Tokyo 2nd Arsenal, prior to being towed to the Philippines Sea for scuttling on 12 August 1946.
Ex-USS LST-814 and ex-USS LST-1005 beached at Okunoshima, Japan, 3 August 1946. The hulk of ex-LST-814, with a tug alongside, was ready to be towed to the Philippines Sea for disposal. Her cargo consisted of 85 tons of liquid Viesicant, 665 tons of Mustard bombs, 710 tons of Dyphenylcynarsine and 540 tons of Mustard and Lewisite gas containers. Making 2000 metric tons in all. Ship and cargo were sunk, 12 August 1946, by blowing holes in her hull with ten Beehive charges.
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