USS LST-738 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-738 was laid down on 20 February 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation of Neville Island; launched on 1 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John S. Mason; and commissioned on 9 May 1944.

On 15 December 1944, while off the southern tip of Mindoro, she was hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane and set ablaze.

After attempts to control the fires were unsuccessful, LST-738 was abandoned and sunk by the guns of other ships of the invasion fleet.

In her hold were drums of aviation gas and a load of oxygen bottles, a certain combination for massive explosions if the fire reached them.

[1] The fourth blast had put a hole in Moale's bow, killing one of her men and wounding ten others.

[2] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.