USS LST-11

History
Name: USS LST-11
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 8 August 1942
Launched: 18 November 1942
Sponsored by: Miss Virginia Fowler
Status: Transferred to the United Kingdom 22 March 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name: HM LST-11
Acquired: 22 March 1943
Commissioned: 23 March 1943
Out of service: Returned to US Naval custody, 13 May 1946
Struck: 5 June 1946
Fate: sold, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines, 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
Length: 328 ft (100 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft: Varied, depending on load
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 6 LCVP
Capacity: between 1600 and 1900 tons
Troops: 14 officers, 131 enlisted men
Complement: 129 officers and 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-11 was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-11 was transferred to the Royal Navy in early 1943 to serve in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the Normandy Invasion, and to the Pacific Theater of Operations during 1944 and 1945. LST-11 was returned to the United States Navy in May 1946 and on 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey, Philippines. [1]

Construction

LST-2 was laid down on 23 June 1942 by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, launched on 19 September 1942, sponsored by Nancy Jane Hughes[2] and commissioned on 9 February 1943 with Lieutenant John R. Hogan, USNR in command.

Service

Mediterranean and European operations

LST-11 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations:

Pacific operations

LST-11 was assigned to the Pacific theater and participated in the following operation:

Royal Navy service

She was returned to the US Navy in Subic Bay on 13 April 1946 and struck on 5 June 1947.

Postwar

LST-11 was sold on 5 December 1947 to a private owner in the Philippines. Her final disposition is not known.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

  1. ↑ "HM LST-11 ex USS LST-11". Navsource. Navsource.org. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "LST-2". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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