USS LST-568

USS LST-568 on the beach in the Russell Islands in the Solomon Islands on 10 August 1945
History
United States
Name	USS LST-568
Builder	Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana
Laid down	21 March 1944
Launched	18 May 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Arthur E. Owen
Commissioned	3 June 1944
Decommissioned	4 March 1946
Stricken	20 March 1946
Honors and awards	Four battle stars for World War II
Fate	Scuttled 7 March 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full (seagoing draft with 1,675-ton load
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500-ton load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power	1,800 horsepower (1.34 megawatts)
Propulsion	Two 900-horsepower (0.67-megawatt) General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Range	24,000 nautical miles (44,000 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h) while displacing 3,960 tons
Boats & landing craft carried	2 x LCVPs
Capacity	1,600-1,900 tons cargo depending on mission
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts 4 × single 40-millimeter gun mounts 12 × 20 mm guns

USS LST-568 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship in commission from 1944 to 1946.

LST-568 was laid down on 21 March 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 18 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur E. Owen, and commissioned on 3 June 1944.

During World War II, LST-568 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the landings on Leyte in October 1944 and the landings at Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. She then took part in the invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945.

Following the war, LST-568 performed occupation duty in the Far East. She was caught in a typhoon off Ulithi Atoll on 15 September 1945, during which winds reached 120 knots (220 km/h); near the eye of the storm, LST-568 was badly damaged, losing her bow doors and suffering flooding.

While moored to a buoy at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, on 9 October 1945, LST-568 was caught in a second typhoon, during which winds reached 109 knots (202 kilometers per hour). The crew beached the ship to ride out the storm, but the wind blew the ship into the bay where it struck the Liberty ship SS Richard S. Oglesby. LST-568's crew abandoned ship and boarded Richard S. Oglesby. Shortly afterwards, the wind shifted and pushed the unmanned LST-568 across Buckner Bay. She eventually came to rest on the reef near China Saki Point, where she was found on 10 October 1945, extensively damaged.

Landing ship tank USS LST-693 pulled LST-568 off the reef on 13 October 1945. LST-568 departed for the Philippines on 18 October 1945 under tow by LST-693. The tow line parted after only a few miles, and the ship continued under its own power, with a maximum speed of about six knots. It arrived in the Philippines on 23 October 1945.

Orders arrived on 22 January 1946 to strip, decommission, and sink LST-568. Stripping completed, she was decommissioned in the Philippines on 4 March 1946, her last commanding officer, James L. La Fon, being the last man to leave the ship.

LST-568 was towed to sea east of Samar and sunk by internal explosive devices on 7 March 1946. She sank in 4,000 fathoms (24,000 feet or 7,315 meters) of water. She was stricken from the Navy List on 20 March 1946.

LST-568 earned four battle stars for her World War II service. [1]

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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LST-542-class tank landing ships

LST-542 – LST-599

LST-542 / Chelan County LST-543 LST-544 LST-545 LST-546 / T-LST-546 LST-547 LST-548 / T-LST-548 LST-549 LST-550 / T-LST-550 LST-551 / Chesterfield County LST-552 LST-553 LST-554 LST-555 LST-556 LST-557 LST-558 LST-559 LST-560 LST-561 / Chittenden County LST-562 LST-563 LST-564 LST-565 LST-566 / T-LST-566 LST-567 LST-568 LST-569 LST-570 LST-571 LST-572 LST-573 LST-574 LST-575 / LST(M)-575 / Wythe LST-576 LST-577 LST-578 LST-579 LST-580 LST-581 LST-582 LST-583 / Churchill County LST-584 LST-585 LST-586 LST-587 LST-588 LST-589 LST-590 / T-LST-590 LST-591 LST-592 LST-593 LST-594 LST-595 LST-596 LST-597 LST-598 LST-599

LST-600 – LST-699

LST-600 LST-601 / Clarke County LST-602 / Clearwater County LST-603 / Coconino County LST-604 / Silenus LST-605 LST-606 LST-607 / T-LST-607 LST-608 LST-609 LST-610 LST-611 / Crook County LST-612 LST-613 / T-LST-613 LST-614 LST-615 LST-616 LST-617 LST-618 LST-619 LST-620 LST-621 LST-622 LST-623 / T-LST-623 LST-624 LST-625 LST-626 LST-627 LST-628 LST-629 LST-630 LST-631 LST-632 LST-633 LST-634 LST-635 LST-636 LST-637 LST-638 LST-639 LST-640 LST-641 LST-642 LST-643 LST-644 / Minos LST-645 / Minotaur LST-646 LST-647 LST-648 LST-649 LST-650 / Pandemus LST-651 LST-652 / LST(H)-652 / T-LST-652 LST-653 LST-654 LST-655 LST-656 LST-657 / T-LST-657 LST-658 LST-659 LST-660 LST-661 LST-662 LST-663 LST-664 LST-665 LST-666 LST-667 LST-668 LST-669 LST-670 LST-671 LST-672 LST-673 LST-674 LST-675 LST-676 / LST(M)-676 / Yavapai LST-677 / LST(M)-677 / Yolo LST-678 / USS Presque Isle (APB-44) LST-679 LST-680 LST-681 LST-682 LST-683 LST-684 LST-685 / Curry County LST-686 LST-687 LST-688 LST-689 / Daggett County LST-690 LST-691 LST-692 / Daviess County LST-693 LST-694 LST-695 LST-696 LST-697 LST-698 LST-699

LST-700 – LST-799

LST-700 LST-701 LST-702 LST-703 LST-704 LST-705 LST-706 LST-707 LST-708 LST-709 LST-710 / Accomac LST-711 LST-712 LST-713 LST-714 LST-715 / DeKalb County LST-716 LST-717 LST-718 LST-719 LST-720 LST-721 LST-722 / Dodge County LST-723 LST-724 LST-725 LST-726 LST-727 LST-728 LST-729 LST-730 LST-731 / LST(H)-731 / Douglas County LST-732 LST-733 LST-734 LST-735 / Dukes County LST-736 LST-737 LST-738 LST-739 LST-740 LST-741 LST-742 / Dunn County LST-743 LST-744 LST-745 LST-746 LST-747 LST-748 LST-749 LST-750 LST-751 LST-752 LST-753 LST-754 LST-755 LST-756 LST-757 LST-758 / Duval County LST-759 / Eddy County LST-760 LST-761 / Esmeraldo County LST-762 / Floyd County LST-763 LST-764 LST-765 LST-766 LST-767 LST-768 LST-769 LST-770 LST-771 LST-772 / Ford County LST-773 / Antigone LST-774 LST-775 LST-776 LST-777 LST-778 LST-779 LST-780 LST-781 LST-782 LST-783 LST-784 / Garfield County LST-785 LST-786 / Garrett County LST-787 LST-788 LST-789 LST-790 / LST(H)-790 LST-791 LST-792 LST-793 LST-794 / Gibson County LST-795 LST-796 LST-797 LST-798 LST-799 / Greer County

LST-800 – LST-899

LST-800 LST-801 LST-802 / Hamilton County LST-803 / Hampden County LST-804 LST-805 LST-806 LST-807 LST-808 LST-809 LST-810 LST-811 LST-812 LST-813 LST-814 LST-815 LST-816 LST-817 LST-818 LST-819 / Hampshire County LST-820 LST-821 / Harnett County LST-822 / Harris County LST-823 LST-824 / Henry County LST-825 / Hickman County LST-826 LST-827 / Hillsborough County LST-828 LST-829 LST-830 LST-831 LST-832 LST-833 LST-834 LST-835 / Hillsdale County LST-836 / Holmes County LST-837 LST-838 / Hunterdon County LST-839 / Iredell County LST-840 / Iron County LST-841 LST-842 LST-843 LST-844 LST-845 / Jefferson County LST-846 / Jennings County LST-847 LST-848 / Jerome County LST-849 / Johnson County LST-850 / Juniata County LST-851 LST-852 / Satyr LST-853 / Kane County LST-854 / Kemper County LST-855 / Kent County LST-856 LST-857 / King County LST-858 / Stentor LST-859 / Lafayette County LST-860 LST-861 LST-862 LST-863 LST-864 LST-865 LST-866 LST-867 LST-868 LST-869 LST-870 LST-871 / LST(H)-871 LST-872 LST-873 LST-874 LST-875 LST-876 LST-877 LST-878 LST-879 LST-880 / Lake County LST-881 LST-882 LST-883 / La Moure County LST-884 LST-885 LST-886 LST-887 / Lawrence County LST-888 / Lee County LST-889 LST-890 LST-891 LST-892 LST-893 LST-894 LST-895 LST-896 LST-897 LST-898 / Lincoln County LST-899

LST-900 – LST-999

LST-900 / Linn County LST-901 / Litchfield County LST-902 / Luzerne County LST-903 / Lyman County LST-904 / Lyon County LST-905 / Madera County LST-906 LST-907 LST-908 LST-909 LST-910 LST-911 LST-912 / Mahnomen County LST-913 LST-914 / Mahoning County LST-915 LST-916 LST-917 LST-918 LST-919 LST-920 LST-921 LST-922 LST-923 LST-924 LST-925 LST-926 LST-927 LST-928 / Cameron LST-929 / LST(H)-929 LST-930 / LST(H)-930 LST-931 / LST(H)-931 LST-932 LST-933 LST-934 LST-935 LST-936 LST-937 LST-938 / Maricopa County LST-939 LST-940 LST-941 LST-942 LST-943 LST-944 LST-945 LST-946 LST-947 LST-948 / Myrmidon LST-949 / LST(H)-949 LST-950 / LST(H)-950 LST-951 / LST(H)-951 LST-952 / LST(H)-952 LST-953 / Marinette County LST-954 / Numitor LST-955 / Patroclus LST-956 / Sarpedon LST-957 LST-958 LST-959 LST-960 LST-961 LST-962 / Romulus LST-963 / Sphinx LST-964 LST-965 LST-966 / Callisto LST-967 / Ulysses LST-968 LST-969 LST-970 LST-971 / Menelaus LST-972 LST-973 LST-974 LST-975 / Marion County LST-976 / Telamon LST-977 / Alecto LST-978 LST-979 LST-980 / Meeker County LST-981 LST-982 LST-983 / Middlesex County LST-984 LST-985 LST-986 LST-987 / Millard County LST-988 / Mineral County LST-989 LST-990 LST-991 LST-992 LST-993 LST-994 LST-995 LST-996 LST-997 LST-998 LST-999

LST-1000 – LST-1099

LST-1000 LST-1001 LST-1002 LST-1003 / Coronis LST-1004 LST-1005 LST-1006 LST-1007 LST-1008 LST-1009 LST-1010 LST-1011 LST-1012 LST-1013 LST-1014 LST-1015 LST-1016 LST-1017 LST-1018 LST-1019 LST-1020 LST-1021 LST-1022 LST-1023 LST-1024 LST-1025 LST-1026 LST-1027 LST-1028 LST-1029 LST-1030 LST-1031 LST-1032 / Monmouth County LST-1033 / LST(H)-1033 LST-1034 LST-1035 LST-1036 / Creon LST-1037 / Poseidon LST-1038 / Monroe County LST-1039 LST-1040 LST-1041 / Montgomery County LST-1042 LST-1043 LST-1044 LST-1045 LST-1046 LST-1047 LST-1048 / Morgan County LST-1049 LST-1050 LST-1051 LST-1052 LST-1053 LST-1054 LST-1055 LST-1056 LST-1057 LST-1058 LST-1059 LST-1060 LST-1061 LST-1062 LST-1063 LST-1064 / Nansemond County LST-1065 LST-1066 / New London County LST-1067 / Nye County LST-1068 / Orange County LST-1069 / Orleans Parish LST-1070 / Electron LST-1071 / Ouachita County LST-1072 / T-LST-1072 LST-1073 / Outagamie County LST-1074 / Overton County LST-1075 LST-1076 / Page County LST-1077 / Park County LST-1078 / Proton LST-1079 / Payette County LST-1080 / Pender County LST-1081 / Pima County LST-1082 / Pitkin County LST-1083 / Plumas County LST-1084 / Polk County LST-1085 / Colington LST-1086 / Potter County LST-1087 LST-1088 / Pulaski County LST-1089 / Rice County LST-1090 / Russell County LST-1091 / Sagadahoc County LST-1092 / Aventinus LST-1093 / Fabius LST-1094 / Chloris LST-1095 / Megara LST-1096 / St. Clair County LST-1097 / League Island LST-1098 / Laysan Island LST-1099 / Okala

LST-1100 – LST-1152

LST-1100 / Palmyra LST-1101 / Saline County LST-1102 / Chimon LST-1103 LST-1104 LST-1105 LST-1106 LST-1107 LST-1108 LST-1109 LST-1110 / San Bernardino County LST-1111 / Blackford LST-1112 / Dorchester LST-1113 / Kingman LST-1114 / Presque Isle (AKS-19) / Vandenburgh LST-1115 / Pentheus LST-1116 / Proserpine LST-1117 / Tantalus LST-1118 / Typhon LST-1119 / Diomedes LST-1120 LST-1121 / Demeter LST-1122 / San Joaquin County LST-1123 / Sedgwick County LST-1124 / Amphitrite LST-1125 / Brontes LST-1126 / Snohomish County LST-1127 / Helios LST-1128 / Solano County LST-1129 / Somervell County LST-1130 LST-1131 / Askari LST-1132 / Bellerophon LST-1133 / Chiron LST-1134 / Stark County LST-1135 LST-1136 / Bellona LST-1137 / Chimaera LST-1138 / Steuben County LST-1139 LST-1140 LST-1141 / Stone County LST-1142 / Strafford County LST-1143 / Daedalus LST-1144 / Sublette County LST-1145 / Gordius LST-1146 / Summit County LST-1147 / Indra LST-1148 / Sumner County LST-1149 / Krishna LST-1150 / Sutter County LST-1151 / Quirinus LST-1152 / Sweetwater County

Other operators
Argentina (merchant marine)	Altamar (ex-Chiron)
Argentine Navy	Cabo San Bartolome (ex-LST-851) Cabo San Diego (ex-LST-995) Cabo San Francisco de Paula (ex-LST-998) Cabo San Gonzalo (ex-LST-872) Cabo San Isidro (ex-LST-919) Cabo San Pablo (ex-LST-994) BDT-8 (ex-LST-869) BDT-9 (ex-LST-1057) Cabo Pio (ex-LST-1044) Cabo San Sebastian (ex-LST-1108) BDT-12 (ex-LST-1104) Cabo Buen Tiempo (ex-LST-801) Cabo San Vincente (ex-LST-734)
Brazilian Navy	Belmonte (ex-Helios) Garcia D'Avila (ex–Outagamie County)
Chilean Navy	Aguila (ex-Aventinus) Comandante Hemmerdinger (ex–New London County) Comandante Araya (ex–Nye County)
Republic of China Navy	Chung Hai (ex-LST-755) Chung Chuan (ex-LST-640) Chung Hsing (ex-LST-557) Chung Chien (ex-LST-716) Chung Chi (ex-LST-1017) Chung Cheng (ex-LST-1075) Chung Shun (ex-LST-732) Chung Hsun (ex-LST-993) Chung Lien (ex-LST-1050) Chung Yung (ex-LST-574) Chung Sheng (ex-LST(H)-1033) Chung Kong (ex-LST-945) Chung Hai / Kao Hsiung (ex–Dukes County) Heng Shan / Chung Chuan (ex-LST-1030) Chung Fu (ex–Iron County) Chung Cheng (ex–Lafayette County) Chung Chiang (ex–San Bernardino County) Chung Chin (ex–Sagadahoc County) Chung Ming (ex–Sweetwater County) Chung Pang (ex–LST-578) Chung Yeh (ex–Sublette County) Chung Yeh (ex-LST-717) ex-LST(H)-929 ex-LST-991 ex-LST-993 ex-LST-1008
People's Liberation Army Navy	Dabie Shan (ex-LST-1008)
Ecuadorian Navy	Hualcopo (ex–Summit County)
French Navy	Odet (ex-LST-815) Chélif (ex-LST-874) Adour (ex-LST-860) Golo (ex-LST-973)
German Navy	Odin (ex-Ulysses) Wotan (ex-Diomedes) Bamberg (ex–Greer County) Bochum (ex–Rice County) Bottrup (ex–Saline County) ex–Millard County ex–Montgomery County
Hellenic Navy	Ikaria (ex–Potter County) Kriti (ex–Page County)
Indonesian Navy	Tandjung Nusanive (ex–Lawrence County) Teluk Langsa (ex–Solano County) Teluk Bayur (ex-LST-616) Teluk Amboina Teluk Kau (ex-T-LST-652) Teluk Ratai (ex–Presque Isle (APB-44)) Teluk Saleh (ex–Clarke County) Teluk Bone (ex–Iredell County) Jaya Wijaya (ex-Askari) Tandjung Radja (ex–Russell County)
Imperial Iranian Navy	Sohrab (ex-Gordius)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force	Hayatomo (ex–Hamilton County) Ōsumi (ex–Daggett County) Shimokita (ex–Hillsdale County) Shiretoko (ex–Nansemond County)
Republic of Korea Navy	Duk Soo (ex-Minotaur) Un Bong (ex-LST-1010) Wi Bong (ex–Johnson County) Suyeong (ex–Kane County) Buk Han (ex–Linn County) Hwa San (ex–Pender County)
Royal Malaysian Navy	Sri Langkawi (ex–Hunterdon County) Sri Banggi (ex–Henry County) Rajah Jarom (ex–Sedgwick County)
Mexican Navy	Rio Panuco (ex–Park County) Manzanillo (ex–Clearwater County) Rio Grijalva (ex-Megara)
Royal Netherlands Navy	LST 2 / Pelikaan (ex–LST-627) LST 3 (ex–LST-1040) LST 4 (ex–LST-585)
Philippine Navy	Aklan / Kamagong (ex-Romulus) Narra (ex-Krishna) Yakal (ex–Vĩnh Long) Pampanga (ex-LST-842) Bulacan (ex-LST-843) Albay (ex-LST-865) Misamis Oriental (ex-LST-875) Agusan del Sur (ex–Nha Trang) Sierra Madre (ex–Mỹ Tho) Zamboanga de Sur (ex–Cam Ranh) Surigao del Sur (ex-LST-546) Cagayan (ex–Hickman County) Ilocos Norte (ex–Madera County) Lanao del Norte (ex-LST-566) Leyte del Sur (ex-LST-607) Davao Oriental (ex-Ōsumi) Benguet (ex–Daviess County) Aurora (ex–Harris County) Cavite (ex-Shimokita) Samar del Norte (ex-Shiretoko) Cotabato del Norte (ex–Orleans Parish) Tawi-Tawi (ex-T-LST-1072) Kalinga Apayao (ex–Cần Thơ)
Republic of Singapore Navy	Endurance (ex–Holmes County) Excellence (ex-LST-629) Intrepid (ex-LST-579) Resolution (ex-T-LST-649) Persistence (ex-LST-613) Perseverance (ex-T-LST-623)
Royal Thai Navy	Angthong (ex-LST-924) Chang (ex–Lincoln County) Pangan (ex–Stark County) Lanta (ex–Stone County) Prathong (ex–Dodge County)
Turkish Naval Forces	Onaran (ex-Alecto) Başaran (ex-Patroclus) Bayraktar (ex-Bottrup) Sancaktar (ex-Bochum)
Royal Navy (United Kingdom)	LST-1021
United States Army	FS-751 (ex-LST-1047) LST-694 LST-715 LST-742 LST-883
Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela	Capana (ex-LST-907) Guayana (ex-Quirinus)
Republic of Vietnam Navy	Cam Ranh (ex–Marion County) Đà Nẵng (ex–Maricopa County) Vũng Tàu (ex–Coconino County) Nha Trang (ex–Jerome County) Mỹ Tho (ex–Harnett County) Cần Thơ (ex–Garrett County) Vĩnh Long (ex-Satyr)
Vietnam People's Navy	Trần Khánh Dư (ex–Đà Nẵng) HQ-503 (ex-Vũng Tàu)

• Preceded by: LST-491 class
• Followed by: Talbot County class

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