USS LST-2
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| Name: | USS LST-2 |
| Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 23 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 19 September 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Nancy Jane Hughes |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 November 1944 |
| In service: | 29 November 1944, as HM LST-2 |
| Out of service: | 13 April 1946, returned to US custody |
| Struck: | 5 June 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
4 battle stars (WWII) |
| Fate: | Sold 5 December 1947 |
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| Class & type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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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 |
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USS LST-2 was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-2 served with the USN in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and at the Normandy landings during 1943 and 1944. She was then loaned to the Royal Navy in late 1944 and served with the British Eastern Fleet in 1945. LST-2 was returned to the United States Navy in 1946 and was sold to a private owner a year later.[1]
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Construction
LST-2 was laid down on 23 June 1942 by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, launched on 19 September 1942, sponsored by Nancy Jane Hughes[2] and commissioned on 9 February 1943 with Lieutenant John R. Hogan, USNR in command.
Service
Mediterranean and European operations
LST-2 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations for which she received four battle stars:
- North African occupation - Prior to July 1943
- Sicilian Occupation - 9–15 July 1943
- Salerno landings - September 1943
- Invasion of Normandy - 6–25 June 1944
LST-2 was decommissioned on 29 November 1944 and turned over to the Royal Navy as HM LST-2. She prepared for Far East service between December 1944 and August 1945 at Tyne. LST-2 sailed from Southampton on 17 August to Bombay via the Suez Canal, arriving at her destination on 21 September 1945. After supplying South East Asia Command, she was returned to the US Navy in Subic Bay on 13 April 1946 and struck on 5 June 1947.
Postwar
LST-2 was sold on 5 December 1947 to a private owner in the Philippines. Her final disposition is not known.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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- 1942 ships
- Ships built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
- LST-1-class tank landing ships of the Royal Navy
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom
