HM LST-401

History
United Kingdom
Name: LST-401
Ordered: as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 921[1]
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number: 2173[1]
Laid down: 17 August 1942
Launched: 16 October 1942
Commissioned: 30 November 1942
Decommissioned: 7 March 1946
Fate: returned to USN custody, 7 March 1946
United States
Name: LST-401
Acquired: 7 March 1946
Struck: 5 June 1946
Fate: sold, 11 October 1947
General characteristics [2]
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 (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:
Propulsion:
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
Armament:

HMS LST-401 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-401 was laid down on 17 August 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 921, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 16 October 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 30 November 1942.[3]

Service history

LST-401 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She served in the Royal Navy through the end of World War II and was returned to the custody of the United States Navy on 7 March 1946. On 5 June 1946, less than three months after her return, she was struck from the Navy list; and, on 11 October 1947, she was sold to Luria Brothers & Co., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]

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