HM LST-410 (original) (raw)

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History
United Kingdom
Name LST-410
Ordered as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 930[1]
Builder Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number 2182[1]
Laid down 13 September 1942
Launched 15 November 1942
Commissioned 14 January 1943
Decommissioned 16 March 1946
Identification Hull symbol: LST-410
Fate Returned to USN custody, 16 March 1946
United States
Name LST-410
Acquired 16 March 1946
Stricken 26 February 1946
Fate Sold for scrapping, 13 February 1948
General characteristics [2]
Class and type _LST-1_-class tank landing ship
Displacement 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length 328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam 50 ft (15 m)
Draft Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power 2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion 1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing craft carried 2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
Troops 163
Complement 117
Armament Varied, ultimate armament 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon 4 × Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) mounts

HMS LST-410 was a United States Navy _LST-1_-class tank landing ship that was transferred to the Royal Navy during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.

LST-410 was laid down on 13 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 930, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 15 November 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 14 January 1943.[3]

LST-410 served the Royal Navy during the invasion of Normandy. She then served as part of "W" Task Force where she served off the coast of Arakan, while participating in the Burma Campaign. LST-410 took part in Operation Dracula, the retaking of Rangoon, Operation Zipper, the retaking of Malaya, and Operation Tiderace, the retaking of Singapore. She then provided relief work repatriating ex-POWs of the Japanese after the war.[2]

LST-410 saw no active service in the United States Navy. The tank landing ship was struck from the Navy list on 26 February 1946. She was returned to United States Navy custody and decommissioned on 16 March 1946. On 13 February 1948, LST-410 was sold to Bosey, Philippines, and subsequently scrapped.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Bethlehem-Fairfield 2008.
  2. ^ a b Navsource 2014.
  3. ^ a b DANFS 2015.

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