USS LST-928

USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

USS LST-928
History
United States
Name	LST-928 (1944–1955) Cameron (1955–1959)
Namesake	Cameron County, Pennsylvania Cameron County, Texas Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3398[1]
Laid down	1 June 1944
Launched	5 July 1944
Commissioned	30 July 1944
Decommissioned	13 December 1946
Renamed	Cameron, 1 July 1955
Reclassified	Self-propelled Barracks Ship, 1 July 1955
Stricken	1959
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-928 Hull symbol: APB-50 Code letters: NKBB
Honors & awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 13 December 1946 Sold for commercial service, 1959
General characteristics [2]
Class & type	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load) 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 x LCVPs
Capacity	1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Part of:	LST Flotilla 6
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal

Construction

LST-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944.^[3][2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945.^[3]

She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946,^[3] and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River.^[2] She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960.^[1]

Awards

LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service.^[3]

• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with campaign star
• World War II Victory Medal