USS LST-563

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LST-563 broached on Clipperton Island, 22 December 1944
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USS LST-563 was an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was in commission during 1944.

Construction and commissioning

LST-563 was laid down on 4 March 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 1 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. N. E. Senescall, and commissioned on 20 May 1944.

Service history

During World War II, LST-563 was grounded on Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 670 nautical miles (1,241 kilometers) southwest of Mexico, on 21 December 1944 and suffered extensive damage. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to free her, LST-563 was stripped and abandoned on 9 February 1945. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 23 February 1945.

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LST-563 on the reef at Clipperton Island, December 1944. Photo taken from the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..

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