USS LST-865
History
United States
NameLST-865
BuilderJeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville
Laid down19 October 1944
Launched22 November 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Monetta S. Brendel
Commissioned16 December 1944
Decommissioned30 December 1947
Stricken22 January 1948
Identification
Honors and
awards		See Awards
FateTransferred to Philippines, 30 December 1976
Philippines
NameAlbay
NamesakeAlbay
Acquired30 December 1976
Commissioned30 December 1976
Decommissioned1979
ReclassifiedLT-39
IdentificationHull number: T-39
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-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 short tons (1,520 t) load)
  • 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 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 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
  • Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
  • Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Range24,000 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
Capacity1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-865 was a LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Philippine Navy as RPS Albay (T-39).[1]

Construction and career

LST-865 was laid down on 19 October 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 22 November 1944 and commissioned on 16 December 1944.[2]

Service in the United States Navy

During World War II, LST-865 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She was assigned to occupation and Far East from 3 September to 15 December 1947.

She was decommissioned on 30 Decommissioned 1947.

LST-865 was struck from the Navy Register on 22 January 1948 and transferred to the Philippines.

Service in the Philippine Navy

She was acquired by the Philippine Navy on 30 December 1976 and renamed RPS Albay (T-39).

During the Korean War, RPS Cotabato, RPS Pampanga, RPS Bulacan, BRP Albay, and BRP Misamis Oriental had been sent to transport Filipino soldiers to and from Korea for five years.[3] Albay and Bulacan conducted anti-aircraft and anti-submarine drills with a U.S. Navy submarine which surfaced next to Albay. Both ships then anchored at the Port of Busan, 12 days after they departed Manila.[3] She made trips from 1953 to 1954 carrying troops to and back from Korea.

On 19 April 1974, a 20-day marathon on bicycles named Tour of Luzon-Visayas with 200 participants boarded the ship at South Harbor in order to continue the marathon in Tolosa.[4]

RPS Albay, Bulacan and Misamis Oriental were all mothballed in 1979.[3]

Awards

LST-865 have earned the following awards:

Citations

  1. ↑ "Tank Landing Ship LST-865". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "LST-865". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Condeno, Mark R. (18 July 2018). "A History of the Philippine Navy in the Korean War (1950-1953)". Center for International Maritime Security. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. ↑ goriob (22 October 2004), 1974 RPS Mindoro Occidental (LST 93), retrieved 14 September 2021

Sources

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