HMS LST-364

HMS LST-364
File:HMS LST-364.jpg HMS LST-364 in 1944
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	LST-364
Builder:	Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy
Laid down:	3 September 1942
Launched:	26 October 1942
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Harold B. Buse
Commissioned:	7 December 1942
Struck:	11 July 1945
Fate:	Sunk by Seehund, 22 February 1945
General characteristics
Class & type:	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement:	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load) 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length:	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Draft:	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 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 x LCVPs
Capacity:	1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops:	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement:	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

HMS LST-364 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.

Construction and career

LST-364 was laid down on 3 September 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 26 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 December 1942.

During World War II, LST-364 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year. On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion and later the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. She was struck from the Navy Register on 11 July 1945.

Sources

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• Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959. 
• Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886. 
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