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| Keywords: LST-942 underway in late 1944.jpg The U S Navy tank landing ship USS LST-942 underway soon after completion circa late 1944 LST-942 is painted in Camouflage Measure 31 Design 8L or Design 18L <br> LST-942 was laid down on 1 August 1944 at Hingham Massachssetts USA by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc ; launched on 6 September 1944; and commissioned on 26 September 1944 During World War II LST-942 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Visayan Islands landings in April 1945 Following the war she performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946 LST-942 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 26 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 31 July that same year On 10 June 1948 the ship was sold to the Humble Oil Refining Co of Houston Texas USA for operation Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/photos/images/k02000/k02239c htm 80-G-K-2239 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command late 1944 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy see at this http //www history navy mil/branches/org11-2 htm site all Pictures in the Online Library of Naval Historical Center are public domain LST-942 ship 1944 World War II color photographs of the Pacific War Camouflage Measure 31 Pacific War in 1944 | ||||
