USS LST-652

USS LST-652 in December 1944
History
United States
Name	LST-652
Builder	Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca
Laid down	24 July 1944
Launched	19 October 1944
Commissioned	1 January 1945
Decommissioned	5 March 1946
Namesake	LST(H)-652 Q086 T-LST-652
Stricken	1 May 1961
Identification	Callsign: NFIR[1]
Fate	Transferred to Indonesia, 1961
Indonesia
Name	Teluk Kau
Namesake	Kau Bay
Acquired	1961
Homeport	Tanjung Priok, Jakarta
Identification	Pennant number: 504
Fate	Sunk as target, 2012
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-542-class tank landing ship Teluk Langsa-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
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 Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Sensors and processing systems	on KRI Teluk Kau AN/SPS-21 surface search and navigation radar
Armament	as USS LST-652 8 × 40 mm guns 12 × 20 mm guns as KRI Teluk Kau 8 × single 37 mm gun mounts

USS LST-652 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Teluk Kau (504).

LST-652 was laid down on 24 July 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois. Launched on 19 October 1944 and commissioned on 1 January 1945.

During World War II, LST-652 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. On 15 September 1945, she was reclassified as a hospital ship with the identification of LST(H)-652. She then participated in the occupation service in the Far East from 11 September 1945 until her decommissioning on 5 March 1946 in which she was assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q086.

On 6 March 1952, she was return to her original identifications but not long after being transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 31 March 1952 and placed in service as USNS T-LST-652. Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1961.

Under provisions of the Military Assistance Program, she was transferred to the Indonesia in 1961, and served as Teluk Kau (504).

On 17 June 1961, she was put into service with the Indonesian Navy.^[2]

For first time, the ship's commander was under Marine Major (P) Handayana Sukendar. The ship entered to strengthen elements of the Military Seaborne Command in 1975, and was under the daily guidance of the Surabaya Military Seaborne Unit (Satlinlamil).^{[citation needed]}

She was decommissioned on 19 March 2011.^{[citation needed]}

The ship was disposed of in an Indonesian Navy SINKEX on 20 April 2012.

The shipwreck of the former KRI Teluk Bayur, which has sunk in the waters of Merak, Banten, has been successfully recycled by personnel from the Lantamal V Surabaya Base Facilities Service (Disfaslan) into objects that can be used again. Namely being a land generator, by utilizing a generator from the wreckage of a ship that sank after being targeted by a Yakhont missile, which was tested after buying it from Russia, several years ago.^[3]

LST-652 have earned the following awards:

• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• World War II Victory Medal
• Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)

• 
  KRI Teluk Kau on 7 December 2011

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