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LST / LST(M)-677 / APB-43 Yolo

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 25 April 1944 by the American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; Launched, 16 June 1944; Commissioned USS LST-677, 3 July 1944 at New Orleans, LA; Reclassified, 21 January 1945 as LST(M)-677; Reclassified and renamed USS Yolo (APB-43), 31 March 1945; Decommissioned, 9 August 1946 and laid up at the Norfolk Group of the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1959; Sold, 6 February 1960 to the J. C. Berkwit Co., New York, NY for scrapping. Yolo earned one battle star for World War II service.

LST Specifications: Displacement 1,780 t.(lt), 3,640 t.(fl); Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"; Speed 12k.; Complement 8-10 Officers, 89-100 Enlisted; Troop Capacity, approx. 130 officers and enlisted; Boats, 2 LCVP; Armament; one single 3"/50 gun mount, eight 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns; Propulsion, 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.

APB Specifications: Displacement 2,080 t (lt); Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft 11' 2; Speed 10k; Complement 151; Troop Accomodations 340; Armament eight 40mm, eight 20mm; Propulsion, 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.

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	115k	Seen here as LST-677 during WWII at Purvis Bay, Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Taking on fresh water piped down for the hills. Painted dark green.		Mobile Riverine Force Association

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