USS LST-696

Officers of LST-696 in September 1945
History
United States
Name	USS LST-696
Builder	Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Laid down	25 February 1944
Launched	25 April 1944
Commissioned	25 May 1944
Decommissioned	16 July 1946
Stricken	28 August 1946
Honors and awards	3 × battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 May 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draught	Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) bow 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) stern Loaded : 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) bow 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) stern
Propulsion	2 × 900 hp (671 kW) General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) (fully loaded)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 LCVPs
Capacity	1,600–1,900 short tons (1,500–1,700 t)
Troops	Approx. 150
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted
Armament	2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm guns

USS LST-696 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. LST-696 was laid down on 25 February 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched 25 April 1944; and commissioned 25 May 1944.

Service history

During World War II, LST-696 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and earned three battle stars for World War II service.

• Morotai landings, September 1944
• Leyte landings, November 1944
• Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945

Following the war LST-696 performed occupation duty in the Far East until April 1946. She was decommissioned on 16 July 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 August 1946. She was sold for scrapping on 19 May 1948, to the Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs