USS Lawrence County (LST-887)

Untuk kapal lain dengan nama serupa, lihat KRI Tanjung Nusanive (973).

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Sejarah
United States
Nama	USS LST-887
Pembangun	Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh
Pasang lunas	27 August 1944
Diluncurkan	7 October 1944
Sponsor	Mrs. F. J. Conroy
Mulai berlayar	7 November 1944
Dipensiunkan	23 July 1946
Berlayar kembali	3 November 1950
Ganti nama	USS Lawrence County (LST-887), 1 July 1955
Asal nama	counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Tennessee
Dipensiunkan	22 March 1960
Dicoret	1 November 1960
Penghargaan	1 battle star (World War II) 3 battle stars (Korea)
Nasib	Sold to Indonesia, December 1960
Indonesia
Nama	KRI Tandjung Nusanive (887)
Asal nama	Cape Nusanive, Ambon, Maluku
Diperoleh	December 1960
Dicoret	1974
Nasib	Unknown
Ciri-ciri umum
Kelas dan jenis	tank landing ship kelas LST-542 tank landing ship kelas Teluk Langsa
Berat benaman	1.625 ton panjang (1.651 t) light 4.080 ton panjang (4.145 t) full
Panjang	328 ft (100 m)
Lebar	50 ft (15 m)
Sarat air	Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0,71 m) forward 7 ft 6 in (2,29 m) aft Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2,49 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4,29 m) aft
Pendorong	2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Kecepatan	12 knot (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Kapal dan pesawat yang diangkut	2 × LCVPs
Tentara	Approximately 130 officers and enlisted men
Awak kapal	8-10 officers, 89-100 enlisted men
Senjata	8 × 40 mm guns 12 × 20 mm guns

USS Lawrence County (LST-887) adalah landing ship tank kelas LST-542 yang dibuat untuk Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat selama Perang Dunia II. Dinamakan berdasarkan county di sebelas negara bagian AS, dia adalah satu-satunya kapal Angkatan Laut AS yang menggunakan nama tersebut.

Awalnya ditetapkan sebagai LST-887 oleh Dravo Corporation dari Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pada 27 Agustus 1944; diluncurkan pada 7 Oktober 1944, disponsori oleh Nyonya. F. J. Conroy; dan ditugaskan di New Orleans, Louisiana pada 7 November 1944.

Sejarah layanan

Perang Dunia II, 1944–1945

Setelah penggeledahan keluar dari Teluk St. Andrews, Florida LST-887 berangkat dari New Orleans pada 10 Desember dan berlayar ke San Diego, di mana dia tiba pada tanggal 31 untuk membongkar kargo curah. Dari sana dia mencapai Seattle, Washington pada 13 Januari 1945; dan, setelah menaiki insinyur Angkatan Darat dan peralatan pendukungnya, dia berlayar dalam konvoi ke Pearl Harbor pada 10 Februari. Di sana dia memulai Seabees setelah kedatangannya pada tanggal 22 Februari, dan pada tanggal 4 Maret dia bergabung dengan konvoi menuju Pasifik barat. Setelah menyentuh Eniwetok dan Saipan, LST-887 berangkat dari Mariana pada 26 Maret untuk invasi ke Okinawa.

Ditugaskan ke Kelompok Pertahanan Selatan dari Pasukan Serangan Selatan, dia menutup pantai Oranye I pada tanggal 2 April dan mulai mengerahkan pasukan dan peralatan. Selama dua minggu berikutnya dia beroperasi di perairan Okinawa membuat pesawat ulang-alik kargo menuju Kerama Retto dan kembali lagi pada tanggal 9 hingga 10 April dan memberikan perlindungan asap bagi kapal-kapal Amerika selama serangan udara Jepang. Antara 12 dan 15 April LST-887 ikut serta dalam memukul mundur tiga serangan udara musuh. Saat menyebarkan asap pada 12 April, dia menembak jatuh seorang pengebom tukik musuh. Saat pesawat terjun menuju SS Minot Victory, meriam 40 mm dan 20 mm miliknya berulang kali mengenai kamikaze yang terlempar ke dekat pedagang tersebut.

Berlayar dalam konvoi pada 16 April, LST-887 mencapai Ulithi, Carolines, tanggal 23. Antara tanggal 10 Mei dan 9 Juni, ia berlayar melalui Admiralty dan Kepulauan Russell ke Guadalkanal dan mengangkut pasukan serta perlengkapan melalui Eniwetok ke Guam. Kemudian, setelah memuat 4.400 drum bensin di Saipan, ia kembali ke Okinawa pada tanggal 26 Juni dan menukar muatan bahan bakarnya dengan salah satu tank dan kendaraan amfibi. Pada tanggal 4 Juli dia berlayar sekali lagi menuju Mariana, tiba di Guam enam hari kemudian. Selama hari-hari terakhir Perang di Pasifik dan selama dua bulan berikutnya LST-887 melanjutkan pasokan dan perjalanan feri keluar-masuk Mariana.

Aktivitas pasca perang, 1945–1946

Selain berlayar antara Guam dan Saipan, ia berlayar ke Peleliu, Palaus, dan kembali antara 27 Agustus dan 6 September. Dari sana, dengan berangkatnya pasukan pendudukan, ia membersihkan Saipan dalam konvoi pada 17 September dan berlayar ke Jepang, tiba di Nagasaki, Kyūshū, pada tanggal 24. Antara 28 September dan 25 Oktober dia berangkat ke Filipina dan membawa pasukan tambahan ke Mitsuhama, Shikoku. LST kembali ke Teluk Manila pada tanggal 6 November dan pada bulan berikutnya mengangkut pasukan dan perlengkapan dari Teluk Mangarin, Mindoro ke Batangas, Luzon. LST-887 kembali ke Manila pada tanggal 9 Desember dan, setelah mengangkut pasukan untuk berangkat ke Amerika Serikat, ia berlayar pada 14 Desember. Mengukus melalui Guam dan Pearl Harbor, dia mencapai San Francisco pada 30 Januari 1946.

Dia tetap di sana sampai 2 April ketika dia berlayar ke Astoria, Oregon. Dia tiba pada 5 April, pindah ke Portland, Oregon pada 9, dan dari 13 Juni hingga 22 Juli menjalani inaktivasi di Vancouver, Washington. LST-887 dinonaktifkan di Portland pada tanggal 23 Juli 1946 dan dimasukkan ke dalam Armada Cadangan Pasifik.

Perang Korea, 1950–1953

LST-887 recommissioned at Bremerton, Washington on 3 November 1950. She sailed to San Diego between 29 November and 6 December and, following shakedown and training, she departed on 21 March 1951 for the Far East. Steaming via Pearl Harbor, she reached Yokosuka, Japan on 26 April and four days later began cargo and training runs along the Japanese coast. Early in September she joined the seaborne supply line in support of American forces fighting Communist aggression in South Korea. Between 4 and 14 September she carried troops and cargo out of Sasebo to Kangnung, South Korea. After completing additional cargo operations among the islands of Kyūshū, Honshū, and Hokkaidō she again steamed to Korea on 21 December. She reached Inchon the 28th, debarked her troops, and during the next two weeks operated along the western coast of Korea.

She returned to Yokosuka on 17 January 1952, thence from 10 February to 8 March steamed via Pearl Harbor to San Diego. LST-887 deployed to the Far East on 25 August; and, upon arriving Yokosuka on 8 October, she resumed cargo runs among the Japanese islands. She renewed her logistics duty from Japan to Korea on 10 December when she departed Otaru, Hokkaidō to carry troops and equipment to Pusan. She returned to Yokosuka via Otaru on 23 December. During the next three months additional shuttle runs out of Otaru and Yokosuka sent her to Inchon and along the Korean coast to Koje Do. After returning to Yokosuka on 2 April 1953, she departed on 18 April for the west coast and reached San Diego on 16 May. After the cessation of hostilities on 27 July 1953, LST-887 between 31 July and 25 August steamed to Japan. There she embarked returning troops at Nagoya and Yokosuka and sailed for the United States on 3 September, via Hawaii, arriving San Diego on 12 October.

Penempatan di Timur Jauh, 1954–1959

Following overhaul and training. LST-887 again deployed to the Far East on 27 March 1954 and arrived Yokosuka on 3 May via Pearl Harbor and Guam. During the next three months she steamed out of Yokosuka along the Japanese coast and to Korea and Okinawa in support of American training and readiness operations. Departing Japan on 17 August, she steamed to Southeast Asia to support the "Operation Passage to Freedom" from North Vietnam to South Vietnam. Between 30 August and 20 September she made four voyages out of Haiphong to Nha Trang and Tourane carrying French troops and equipment. After departing Vietnam on 26 September, she steamed via Yokosuka and Pearl Harbor to San Diego, where she arrived on 7 November.

Between 13 March 1955 and 14 May 1957 the ship made two more deployments to the Far East (while operating out of Yokosuka she was named USS Lawrence County (LST-887) on 1 July 1955). Training and logistics duty in support of the 7th Fleet sent her from Japan to Okinawa, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. In addition, she made periodic runs out of Yokosuka to Sasebo and Nagoya.

Following the completion of her Far East deployment in 1957, Lawrence County continued cargo and training voyages out of San Diego to U.S. Pacific bases. She trained in Hawaiian waters during July and August, and she steamed the Pacific coast to Kodiak, Alaska, and back between 30 September and 10 November. She returned to the Hawaiian Islands on 5 April 1958 for operations out of Pearl Harbor until sailing for the Marshalls on 7 May. Between 21 May and 18 June she provided logistics support during 11 nuclear test shots of "Operation Hardtack I". Thence, she departed Eniwetok on 22 June and arrived San Diego via Pearl Harbor on 19 July.

Lawrence County returned to Pearl Harbor on 6 May 1959 and resumed passenger and cargo runs to Pacific bases. She sailed for Midway on 9 May and operated there until returning to Pearl Harbor on 24 June. Between 13 August and 30 October she cruised to Wake Island, Eniwetok, and Ponape to shuttle cargo. Departing Pearl Harbor on 2 November, she reached San Diego on 19 November.

Penonaktifan dan penjualan

Lawrence County operated at San Diego until sailing for Astoria, Oregon, on 24 February 1960. She arrived the 29th and decommissioned there on 22 March 1960. She was placed in the Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1960. In December 1960 she was sold to Indonesia under terms of the Foreign Assistance Sales Program for service in the Indonesian Navy as KRI Tandjung Nusanive (887). Deleted from the Indonesian Navy Vessel Register in 1974, her final fate is unknown.

Awards

LST-887 received one battle star for World War II and three battle stars for Korean War service.

References

Artikel ini mengandung teks dari Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships yang berstatus domain umum. Entrinya bisa ditemukan di sini.

• Moore, Capt. John (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships 1974-75. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0354005067. 
• "LST-887 Lawrence County". Amphibious Photo Archive. Diakses tanggal 31 July 2007.