USS
LST-507
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United States
Name
USS
LST-507
Builder
Jeffersonville Boat & Machine
Company,
Laid down
8 September 1943
Launched
16 November 1943
Commissioned
10 January 1944
Stricken
09 June 1944
Fate
Torpedoed and sunk, 28 April 1944
General characteristics
Class & type
Displacement
1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light
3,640 long tons (3,698 t) full
Length
328 ft (100 m)
Beam
50 ft (15 m)
Draft
Unloaded
:
2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward
7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
Loaded
:
8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward
14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
Propulsion
2 ×
, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed
12
(22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range
24,000
at 9
(17 km/h;
10 mph)
Boats &
landing
craft
carried
2
Troops
Approximately 120 officers and
enlisted men
Complement
13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament
1 × single
mount
8 ×
guns
12 ×
guns
USS LST-507
was a
built for the
during
. She was sunk by a German torpedo attack
in April 1944 during
.
LST-507 was laid down on 8 September 1943 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by
the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 16 November 1943;
sponsored by Mrs. Raymond C. Fuller; and commissioned on 10 January
1944.
Sinking
[
]
was a pre-invasion exercise carried out off the coast of
Southern England on 28 April 1944 in preparation for the upcoming
.
After having taken on its complement of personnel and vehicles at
, the LST joined the end of a convoy at
. Just after
02:00, whilst circling
, the convoy was attacked by a group of
German
. LST-507 was the first to be hit by a torpedo at 02:03,
and had to be abandoned by 02:30. It partially floated till dawn and
then the bow was sunk by fire from a British destroyer. It was the only
LST (out of the three hit, of which two sank) to go up in flames. Of the
700 estimated US Army and Navy fatalities during Exercise Tiger, 202
were from the sinking of LST-507.
LST-507 was struck from the Naval Register on 9 June 1944.
Units on board
[
]
The army units were: 478th Amphibious Truck Company, 557th Quartermaster
Railhead Company, 33rd Chemical Company, 440th Engineer Company, 1605th
Engineer Map Depot Detachment, 175th Signal Repair Company, 3206th
Quartermaster Service Company and 3891st Quartermaster Truck Company.
There were two 1/4 ton trucks, one 3/4 ton truck, thirteen 2½ ton
trucks, and 22
.
Wreck
[
]
The wreck of the LST now lies at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft) at
. This wreck site and that of
are
classed as protected wrecks,
and so diving without a licence is not
possible.
See also
[
]
References
[
]
.
NavSource
. Retrieved
12 March
2023
.
. Retrieved
8 June
2020
.
. Retrieved
8 June
2020
.
. Retrieved
15 August
2008
.
.
BBC News
. May 2020
. Retrieved
22 May
2022
.
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Other operators
(ex-
LST-537
)
(ex-
LST-503
)
(ex-
LST-520
)
(ex-
T-LST-535
)
(ex-
LST-508
)
ex-
LST-536
(ex-
Burnett County
)
(ex-
Caddo Parish
)
(ex-
Thị Nại
)
(ex-
T-LST-491
)
ex-
Chase County
(ex-
Cayuga County
)
(ex-
Bulloch County
)
(ex-
Qui Nhơn
)
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