USS LST-274

USS LST-274 and USS LST-277 on 27 May 1944
History
United States
Name	LST-274
Builder	American Bridge Co., Ambridge
Laid down	11 March 1943
Launched	15 August 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. R. F. Salmon
Commissioned	28 September 1943
Decommissioned	6 May 1946
Stricken	23 June 1947
Identification	Callsign: NWTY
Honors and awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 29 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
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

USS LST-274 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.^[1]

LST-274 was laid down on 11 March 1943 at American Bridge Co., Seneca, Indiana. Launched on 15 August 1943 and commissioned on 28 September 1943.^[2]

She was present during the West Loch disaster and she was moored with LST-69, LST-225, LST-205, LST-43, LST-179, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.^[3]

During World War II, LST-274 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944 and Battle of Saipan from 17 June to 3 July 1944.

LST-274 was decommissioned on 6 May 1946 and struck from the Navy Register on 23 June 1947.

On 29 June 1948, she was sold for scrap to Alexander Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.^[1]

LST-274 have earned the following awards:

• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 battle stars)
• World War II Victory Medal

• United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
• Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
• Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.