USS LST-27

History
United States
Name: LST-27
Operator:
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 10 December 1942
Launched: 27 April 1943
Sponsored by: Mrs. R. R. Creed
Commissioned: 16 June 1943
Decommissioned: 9 November 1945
Struck: 28 November 1945
Identification:
Honors and
awards:		 2 × battle stars
Fate: sold for scrapping, 15 December 1947
General characteristics
Class and type: LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
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 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:
Service record
Part of: LST Flotilla Eleven
Operations: Normandy landings (6–25 June 1944)
Awards:

USS LST-27 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during World War II.

Construction and commissioning

LST-27 was laid down on 10 December 1942 at Neville Island, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation. She was launched on 27 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. R. R. Creed,[1] and commissioned on 25 June 1943, with Lieutenant Alfred Volton, USCG, in command.[2]

Service history

During the war, LST-27 was manned by the United States Coast Guard. She served exclusively in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater from April 1944 until November 1945.[2] While records do not indicate when she traversed the Atlantic, there are records that indicate she traveled from Oran, Algeria, joining Convoy MKS 46 sometime after 9 April 1944,[3] arriving in Gibraltar on 21 April 1944. She departed Gibraltar on 22 April 1944, with Convoy MKS 46G[4] to rendezvous with Convoy SL 155 on April 23 1944, arriving in Liverpool on 3 May 1944.[5]

LST-27 participated in the Normandy invasion during June 1944.[2]

Postwar career

LST-27 was decommissioned on 9 November 1945, at Boston,[2] and was struck from the Navy list on 28 November 1945. On 15 December 1947, she was sold to the Rhode Island Navigation Co., of Newport, Rhode Island, for scrapping.[1]

Honors and awards

LST-27 earned two battle stars for her World War II service.[1]

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