HM LST-416

HM LST-416
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	LST-416
Ordered:	as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 936
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number:	2188
Laid down:	25 October 1942
Launched:	30 November 1942
Commissioned:	3 February 1943
Decommissioned:	12 February 1946
Identification:	Hull symbol: LST-416
Fate:	returned to USN custody, 12 February 1946
Career (United States)
Name:	LST-416
Acquired:	12 February 1946
Struck:	5 June 1946
Fate:	sold for conversion to merchant service, 23 April 1948
Status:	fate unknown
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-416 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-416 was laid down on 25 October 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 936, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 30 November 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 3 February 1943.

Service history

LST-416 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 12 February 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 June 1946. On 23 April 1948, LST-416 was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, for conversion to merchant service.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Online resources

• "LST-416". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-416.html. Retrieved 11 May 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 11 May 2017. 
• "USS LST-416". Navsource.org. 16 May 2014. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160416.htm. Retrieved 11 May 2017. 

External links

• Photo gallery of LST-416 at NavSource Naval History