LST - 137

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LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
Laid down, 23 October 1943, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
Launched, 19 December 1943
Commissioned USS LST-137, 26 January 1944
During World War II LST-137 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the
Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944
Decommissioned, 20 November 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 March 1948, to Ships and Power Equipment Corp., Barber, N.J.
LST-137 earned one battle star for World War II service