This is a navbox template for U.S. Navy LST-542-class tank landing ships. Because of the large number of ships of this class, the template has features that help to minimize the size of the template on article pages.

Before the categories on the article page, place this:

• {{LST-542 class tank landing ship}}

Because of the large numbers of ships in this template, this will default to a collapsed list, like this:

By adding an optional parameter, like this:

• {{LST-542 class tank landing ship|700}}

where the optional parameter is the last number ending in "00" before the LST's hull number (i.e. for LST-701, use 700; for LST-1151, use 1100), the template can show a portion of the links, like this:

• Category:LST-542-class tank landing ships