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Name | LST-734 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 25 January 1944 |
Launched | 4 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 22 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 7 May 1946 |
Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
Honors and awards | Four battle stars |
Fate | Sold to Argentina, 24 May 1948 |
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Name | Cabo San Vincente |
Namesake | Cape St. Vincent, Portugal |
Acquired | 1948 |
Commissioned | 1948 |
Decommissioned | 1966 |
Stricken | 1969 |
Identification | 276-B BDT-14 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | LST-542-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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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 |
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USS LST-734 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.
LST-734 was laid down on 25 January 1944, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island; launched on 4 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. W. P. Spofford; and commissioned on 22 April 1944.[2]
She was sold to the Argentinian Ministry of Transport in 1948, and designated 276-B. She was transferred to the Argentine Navy, and acquired the designation BDT-14 (BDT: Buque Desembarco de Tanques). On 24 February 1959, she was renamed Cabo San Vincente. She was retired in 1966, and put on disposal in 1969. Cabo San Vincente was sold to May Zetone & Co., in 1971.[1]