Category:LST-138 (ship, 1944)

USS LST-138
Laid down, 27 October 1943, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
Launched, 30 December 1943
Commissioned USS LST-138, 5 February 1944
Sold for conversion to merchant service, 16 June 1947, to Three Star Line, Inc., Lake Charles, LA.
Purchased by the Irgun Etzel (Jewish freedom fighters), named Altalena, used to transport passengers and arms during a truce
Final Disposition, shelled and burned on the beach at Tel Aviv, Israel during the Israeli War for Independence, 20 June 1948, blown up by the Haganah

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