USS LST-454 was a United States Navy LST-1 -class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. LST-454 was laid down on 31 July 1942, under Maritime …

Commissioned, USS LST-454, 25 January 1943, at Portland, OR., LT. Edward R. Swanton, USNR, in command. One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, …

LST 454 was commissioned on January 25, 1943. At that time, the crew consisited of 7 officers and 49 enlisted sailors. As the ship took on a more significant role, her crew grew to over 200 …

Following the war, LST-454 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 25 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 1 May that same year. On 3 October 1947, the ship was …

LST - 454 was laid down on 10 July 1942 at Vancouver, Wash., by Kaiser, Inc.; launched on 14 October 1942; and commissioned on 26 January 1943, Lt. E. R. Swanton, USNR, in command.

Launched October 14, 1942 as USS LST-454. Commissioned January 25, 1943 in the U.S. Navy (USN) at Portland, Oregon under the command of Lt. Edward R. Swanton with an initial crew …

LST 454 was bulit at the Kaiser Shipyard in Vancouver, Washington. It was one of a thirty ship contract awared to Kaiser (LST 446-475 were the ships produced). The ship was launched on …

USS LST-454 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

Description, history, and photograph(s) of Landing Ship, TankUSS LST-454 in WWII

LST- 454 left the USA headed for the Southwest Pacific area on 11 March 1943. It arrived in Sydney, New South Wales in May 1943 via Pearl Harbor, Suva and Noumea. LST-454 was …