USS LST-801

{{Short description|1944 LST-542-class tank landing ship}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=USS LST-801.jpg |image_caption=''LST-801'' entering San Francisco Bay, circa July 1946 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= United States |flag= {{USN flag|1946}} |name= USS ''LST-801'' |ordered= |builder= |laid_down= 6 September 1944 |launched= 14 October 1944 |commissioned= 8 November 1944 |decommissioned= 18 July 1946 |in_service= |out_of_service= |reinstated= |fate=*Sold, *29 December 1947 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= yes |struck= 18 August 1946 |honours= one battle star |notes= }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country= Argentina |flag= 50px |name= ARA ''Cabo Buen Tiempo'' (BDT-13) |acquired= 1948 |commissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= 1963 |struck= |reinstated= |fate= |status= |honours= |notes= }}

|section5={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= ''LST-542''-class LST |displacement=*1,490 tons (light); *4,080 tons (full load of 2,100 tons) |length={{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |draft=*{{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} forward; *{{convert|14|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} aft (full load) |propulsion= Two diesel engines, two shafts |speed=*10.8 knots (20 km/h) (max); *9 knots (17 km/h) (econ) |range= |complement= 7 officers, 204 enlisted |armament=*8 × 40 mm guns; *12 × 20 mm guns |notes= }} }}

'''USS ''LST-801''''' was an ''LST-542''-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

== History == ''LST-801'' was laid down on 6 September 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.; launched on 14 October 1944; sponsored by Miss Jane E. Calhoun; and commissioned on 8 November 1944.

During World War II, ''LST-801'' was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from March through June 1945. Following the war, ''LST-801'' performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 18 July 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 18 August that same year. On 29 December 1947, the ship was sold to Pablo N. Ferrari & Co. for operation, and was transferred to Argentina and renamed ''Don Antonio''.<ref>Friedman, p. 571</ref>

''LST-801'' earned one battle star for World War II service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l25/lst-801.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040329014750/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l25/lst-801.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2004|date=2008-11-14|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|title=LST-801|publisher=Naval Historical Center}}</ref>

=== Argentine service === In Argentine Navy service, ''Don Antonio'' was renamed ARA ''Cabo Buen Tiempo'' and redesignated BDT-13 (Buque Desembarco de Tanques). She was retired in 1963.<ref>[http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/ListGralBuques900a2003.htm ArmadaArgentina]</ref>

==References== {{DANFS}}

=== Bibliography === *{{cite book|author=Friedman, Norman |year=2002|title=US Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History|publisher= Naval Institute Press|isbn=1-55750-250-1}}

=== Notes === {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040329014750/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l25/lst-801.htm history.navy.mil: USS ''LST-801''] * [http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160801.htm NavSource: USS ''LST-801'']

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