HM LST-405

HM LST-405
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	LST-405
Ordered:	as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 925
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number:	2177
Laid down:	30 August 1942
Launched:	31 October 1942
Commissioned:	28 December 1942
Decommissioned:	February 1946
Struck:	17 April 1946
Identification:	Hull symbol: LST-405
Fate:	sunk, 27 March 1946
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

Service record
Operations:	Invasion of Reggio Anzio landing

HMS LST-405 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship that was transferred to the Royal Navy during World War II and served in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.

Construction

LST-405 was laid down on 30 August 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 925, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 31 October 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 28 December 1942.

Service history

LST-405 saw no active service in the United States Navy. The tank landing ship was sunk on 27 March, while in Royal Navy service. LST-405 was struck from the Navy list on 17 April 1946.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Online resources

• "LST-405". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-405.html. Retrieved 28 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 28 April 2017. 
• "USS LST-405". Navsource.org. 10 October 2008. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160405.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2017. 

External links

• Photo gallery of LST-405 at NavSource Naval History