USS LST-69
# USS LST-69

USS LST-69 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.

## Construction and career

LST-69 was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 28 August 1943 and commissioned on 6 October 1943.

During World War II, LST-69 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operations from 13 November to 8 December 1943.

She was destroyed and sunk during the West Loch disaster alongside 5 other LSTs at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. On that day, she was moored with LST-205, LST-225, LST-274, LST-43, LST-179, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.

LST-69 was struck from the Navy Register on 18 July 1944.

## Awards

LST-69 have earned the following awards:

* American Campaign Medal
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 battle star)
* World War II Victory Medal

## Citations

* ↑ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
* ↑ "LST-43". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
* ↑ "US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster". www.uslst.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
* ↑ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

## Sources

* 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.

vteLST-1-class tank landing ships :

Preceded by: None

Followed by: LST-491 class :

List of United States Navy LSTs

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships :

