HM LST-8
HM LST-8 off-loading at Port Dickson, Burma, 12 September 1945. | |
History | |
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Name: | LST-8 |
Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down: | 26 July 1942 |
Launched: | 29 October 1942 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. Anne H. Johnson |
Fate: | Transferred to the Royal Navy, 22 March 1943 |
United Kingdom | |
Name: | LST-8 |
Acquired: | 22 March 1943 |
Commissioned: | 23 March 1943 |
Decommissioned: | 4 May 1946 |
Status: | Returned to US Naval custody, 1 June 1946 |
United States | |
Acquired: | 1 June 1946 |
Struck: | 3 July 1946 |
Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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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 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
Troops: | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement: | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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HM LST-8 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy built during World War II. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in March 1943, before being commissioned into the USN. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
LST-8 was laid down on 26 July 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 29 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Anne H. Johnson; and transferred to the Royal Navy on 22 March 1943,[2] and commissioned the following day.[1]
Service History
LST-8 sailed from Hampton Roads, Virginia for the Mediterranean on 14 May 1943, with convoy UGS 8A, arriving in Oran, Algeria, sometime before 8 June 1943.[3]
She participated in the invasion of Sicily, landings at Reggio, the Salerno landings, and the Anzio landings, in the Mediterranean Theatre and the Normandy landings in the European Theatre. She was refitted at Liverpool in September 1944, and was transferred to the Eastern Fleet. LST-8 also participated in the landings in Malaya, Operation Zipper. She was paid off on 4 May 1946, at Subic Bay.[1]
Final disposition
LST-8 was returned from the United Kingdom on 1 June 1946, and was struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey, Philippines.[2]
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
Online resources
- "LST-8". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "LST-8". Navsource. Navsource.org. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- "Convoy UGS.8A". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
External links
- Photo gallery of HM LST-8 at NavSource Naval History