USS LST-11

History
United States
Name: 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: LST-11
Acquired: 22 March 1943
Commissioned: 23 March 1943
Out of service: 13 May 1946
Status: Returned to US Naval custody
History
United States
Acquired: 13 May 1946
Struck: 5 June 1946
Fate: sold, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines,
Status: fate unknown
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:
  • Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 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 × LCVP
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: 7 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:
Service record
Operations:

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.[1]

Construction

LST-11 was laid down on 8 August 1942 by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, launched on 18 November 1942, sponsored by Miss Virginia Fowler.[2] She was transferred to and commissioned by the Royal Navy 23 March 1943.[1]

Service history

LST-11 left 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]

Mediterranean and European operations

LST-11 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the Anzio Advanced Landings from January to March of 1944. LST-11 was sent to Cardiff, Wales, for repairs in May 1944. She then participated in the Normandy landings in June 1944, and was this time sent to Thames and Portsmouth for repairs in June and August 1944.[1]

Pacific operations

LST-11 was then assigned to the Pacific theater and participated in the what was originally planned to be Operation Zipper, the recapture of Malay, in September 1945, but with Japan surrendering this was an unopposed action.[1]

Postwar service

She was paid off at Subic Bay on 13 April 1946, and returned to the US Navy on 13 May 1946. LST-11 was struck from the Naval Register on 5 June 1946.[1]

LST-11 was sold on 5 December 1947 to Bosey in the Philippines. Her final fate is not known.[1]

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