HM LST-407

HM LST-407
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	LST-407
Ordered:	as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 927
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number:	2179
Laid down:	2 September 1942
Launched:	5 November 1942
Commissioned:	31 December 1942
Identification:	Hull symbol: LST-407
Fate:	damaged beyond repair, 24 April 1944
Status:	returned to USN custody, 6 May 1945
Career (United States)
Name:	LST-407
Acquired:	6 May 1945
Struck:	11 July 1945
Fate:	sold for scrapping, July 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:  • 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun  • 6 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons  • 4 × Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) mounts

HMS LST-407 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.

Construction

LST-407 was laid down on 2 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 927, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 5 November 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 31 December 1942.

Service history

LST-407 saw no active service in the United States Navy. The tank landing ship was damaged beyond repair on 24 April 1944, and beached off Baiae, Italy. The hulk was accepted by the United States Navy on 6 May 1945. On 11 July 1945, LST-407 was struck from the Navy list. Sometime in July 1945, she was sold to a local Italian firm and scrapped.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Online resources

• "LST-407". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-407.html. Retrieved 30 April 2017.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm. Retrieved 30 April 2017. 
• "USS LST-407". Navsource.org. 15 November 2004. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160407.htm. Retrieved 30 April 2017. 

External links

• Photo gallery of LST-407 at NavSource Naval History