USS LST-380
LST-380 loading on 1 June 1944, alongside other ships | |
Career | |
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Name: | USS LST-380 |
Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down: | 10 December 1942 |
Launched: | 10 February 1943 |
Commissioned: | 15 February 1943 |
Decommissioned: | 7 June 1946 |
Struck: | 19 July 1946 |
Honours and awards: | 3 battle stars (WWII) |
Fate: |
Loaned to UK, 20 November 1944 Returned, 11 April 1946 Sold, 7 June 1946 |
Career | |
Name: | HM LST-380 |
Acquired: | 20 November 1944 |
Commissioned: | 20 November 1944 |
Fate: | Returned to US Navy, April 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement: | 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full |
Length: | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft: | Light : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Sea-going : 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing : 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft |
Propulsion: | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range: | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Boats and landing craft carried: | 2 × LCVPs |
Troops: | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement: | 7 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament: | • 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts w/Mk.51 directors • 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts • 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts |
USS LST-380 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy during World War II, later loaned to the Royal Navy.
LST-380 was laid down on 10 December 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 10 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. D. J. Callahan; and commissioned on 15 February 1943.
During World War II, LST-380 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations:
- Sicilian occupation — July 1943
- Salerno landings — September 1943
- Invasion of Normandy — June 1944
LST-380 was transferred to the United Kingdom on 20 November 1944 and returned to United States Navy custody on 11 April 1946. On 7 June 1946, the tank landing ship was sold to the United States Military Government, Korea, and struck from the Navy list on 19 July 1946.
LST-380 earned three battle stars for World War II service.
References
- Photo gallery of LST-380 at NavSource Naval History
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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