HMS LST-8
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| History |
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| Name: |
HMS LST-8 |
| Builder: |
Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: |
26 July 1942 |
| Launched: |
29 October 1942 |
| Sponsored by: |
Mrs. Anne H. Johnson |
| Commissioned: |
23 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned: |
4 May 1946 |
| Struck: |
3 July 1946 |
| Fate: |
Returned to US Navy 1946 |
| 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
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| 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
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HMS LST-8 was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the Royal Navy. LST-8 served in the European and Pacific Theater of Operations and was returned to the United States Navy in 1946.[1]
Construction
LST-8 was laid down on 26 July 1942 at Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, launched on 29 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Anne H. Johnson;[2] and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 23 March 1943.
Service History
LST-8 sailed from New York for the Mediterranean in convoy UGS8A on 14 May 1943. She participated in the invasion of Sicily, landings at Reggio, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy 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, returned to the US Navy on 1 June 1946, struck on 3 July 1946 and sold on 5 December 1947 to Bosey, Philippines.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ↑ "HMS LST-8". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
- ↑ "LST-8". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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