USS LST-738, a 2366-ton LST-511 class tank landing ship, was built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was commissioned in May 1944 and sent to the Pacific for war service. LST-738 participated in the Leyte invasion in October 1944 and the Mindoro invasion in December. On 15 December 1944, while off Mindoro, she was hit by a Japanese Kamikaze plane and set ablaze. After attempts to control the fires were unsuccessful, LST-738 was sunk by the guns of other ships of the invasion fleet.
This page features our only view of USS LST-738.
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25 February 2000