Allied Warships

USS LST 133 (LST 133)

Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST (Mk 2) 
PennantLST 133 
Built byChicago Bridge and Iron Co. (Seneca, Illinois, U.S.A.) 
Ordered15 Oct 1942 
Laid down24 Jun 1943 
Launched2 Nov 1943 
Commissioned29 Nov 1943 
End service29 Aug 1946 
History

USS LST-133 was used as a target in the Bikini atomic bomb tests in July 1946 and was decommissioned on 29 August that same year. The vessel was eventually scuttled as target ship off Kwajalein on 11 May 1948.

 

Hit by U-boat
Damaged on 15 Jun 1944 by U-621 (Stuckmann).

U-boat AttackSee our U-boat attack entry for the USS LST 133

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