USS LST-50

USS LST-50

USS "LST-50" was an sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-50 was laid down on 29 August 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 16 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Tito Tarquinio; and commissioned on 27 November 1943. The tank landing ship was initially assigned to the European Theater and participated in the Normandy Invasion between 6 and 25 June 1944 and the invasion of southern France between 15 August and 25 September 1944. She was later transferred to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of operations where she took part in the Okinawa assault between 18 and 30 June 1945. Following the War, LST-50 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early February, 1946. Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 6 February 1946 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 September 1952.

On 14 November 1952, she was redesignated USS "ARB-13" and transferred to Norway as KNM "Ellida" (A-534). She was returned to the United States on 1 July 1960 but was retransferred to Greece on 16 September 1960 and served with the Greek Navy as HNS "Sakipia" (A-329). Her final fate is unknown. LST-50 earned three battle stars for World War II service.

References

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* cite web|title=LST-50 / ARB-13|work=Amphibious Photo Archive
url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/26/2601.htm|accessdate=April 9|accessyear=2007

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* List of United States Navy LSTs


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