HM LST-410

HM LST-410
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	LST-410
Ordered:	as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 930
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number:	2182
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
Career (United States)
Name:	LST-410
Acquired:	16 March 1946
Struck:	26 February 1946
Fate:	sold for scrapping, 13 February 1948
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-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.

Construction

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.

Service history

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.

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.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Online resources

• "LST-410". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. 30 July 2015. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-410.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-410". Navsource.org. 21 February 2014. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160410.htm. Retrieved 30 April 2017. 

External links

• Photo gallery of LST-410 at NavSource Naval History