USS LST-451

USS LST-451 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.

[3] During the war, LST-451 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations.To start she made runs to the Aleutian islands delivering materials to the Army's 18th Combat Engineers and the 45th Naval Construction Battalion.

In February gale force winds broke her mooring lines and she was holed and beached at Lash Bay, Tanaga Island in the Aleutians.

She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 22 July 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 25 September, that same year.

On 11 December 1947, the tank landing ship was sold to the Learner Co., Oakland, California, and subsequently scrapped.

LST 451 beached and holed at Tanaga Island by gale force winds. Naval Construction Battalion 45 put damage control parties abroad that worked round the clock for 5 days to save her for a tugboat to refloat her [ 1 ]
Seabees offload the beached LST 451 to lighten the ship making it easier for a tugboat to give the ship a pull. They manually took off 800 ton of barreled oil and supplies in that effort.
LST 451 The Seabees of CB 45 built a temporary fuel storage on the beach to lighten the ship by transferring 40,000 gal of fuel off the vessel. Approximately 140 tons by weight.
LST 451 beached at Tanaga Island. CB 45 Seabees were able to make low tide stern repairs at night