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Name: USS LST-167
Builder: Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron
Evansville, Indiana
Laid down: 19 September 1942
Launched: 25 February 1943
Commissioned: 27 April 1943
Struck: 6 December 1943
Honours and
awards:
1 Navy Unit Commendation
1 battle stars (WWII)
Fate: Destroyed in Action, 25 September 1943
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General characteristics
Class & type: Landing Ship, Tank
Displacement: 1625 tons light
4080 tons full
(full load = 2100 tons)
Length: 327 ft 9 in (99.90 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: Unloaded:
Bow: 1 ft 6 in (0.46 m)
Stern: 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)
Loaded :
Bow: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Stern: 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Propulsion: 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines
two shafts, twin rudders
Speed: 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Range: 24000 nm @ 9 knots
Troops: 163
Complement: 111
Armament: • 7 × 40 mm (single mount)
• 6 × 20 mm (single mount)
• 2 × .50-cal machine guns
• 4 × .30-cal machine guns

USS LST-167 was a ship of the class Landing Ship, Tank in the service of the United States Coast Guard during World War II. The ship was built in Evansville, Indiana by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company and was commissioned 27 April 1943. She was placed under the command of LT Edward C. Simons, USCG.

World War II Contribution[]

LST-167 participated in the advances of Operation Cartwheel in the Solomon Islands after the success of the Guadalcanal Campaign in February 1943.

Beginning on 15 August 1943, LST-167 supported the landing for the taking of Vella Lavella.

On 25 September 1943, while beached at the previously unused Ruravai Beach, she was struck by 2 enemy bombs and destroyed by ensuing fires and explosions. After being towed to Rendova, the ship was evaluated and declared economically unsalvageable.[1]

In addition to 1 officer and 19 enlisted men wounded, 2 officers and 8 enlisted men were killed as a result of the attack. 5 others were missing in action. The destruction of LST-167 caused the greatest loss of life aboard a Coast Guard vessel during World War II.[2]

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