HM LST-416 | |
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Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | LST-416 |
Ordered: | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 936[1] |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
Yard number: | 2188[1] |
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 [2] | |
Class & type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
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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: |
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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.[3]
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.[3]
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Notes[]
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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.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:LST-416. |
- Photo gallery of LST-416 at NavSource Naval History
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