USS LST-928 explained

USS LST-928/Cameron (APB-50) was an in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

Construction

LST-928 was laid down on 1 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 5 July 1944; and commissioned on 30 July 1944.

Service history

During World War II, LST-928 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945.

She was decommissioned on 13 December 1946, and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. On 1 July 1955, she was reclassified as a Self-propelled Barracks Ship and renamed Cameron (APB-50). She was sold to Pacific Inland Navigation Co., for $131,000, in 1959, for hauling freight on the Columbia River. She was removed from the fleet on 1 October 1959. She was scrapped in 1960.

Awards

LST-928 earned one battle star for World War II service.

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Online resources