HM LST-426

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File:LST-426 Sousse Harbour, Tunisia, mid-1943.jpg
HM LST-426 and other LSTs, mid-1943 at the the dockside of Sousse Harbour, Tunisia. The ships are being loaded with vehicles and equipment in preparation for the invasion of Sicily.
History
United Kingdom
Name: LST-426
Ordered: as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 946[1]
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number: 2198[1]
Laid down: 16 November 1942
Launched: 11 December 1942
Commissioned: 16 February 1943
Decommissioned: 23 April 1946
Identification: Hull symbol: LST-426
Fate: returned to USN custody, 23 April 1946
United States
Name: LST-426
Acquired: 23 April 1946
Struck: 19 June 1946
Fate: sold for scrapping, 2 December 1947
General characteristics [2]
Class & type: LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement
Length: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship length
Beam: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship beam
Draft: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship draft
Installed power: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship power
Propulsion: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion
Speed: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship speed
Range: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship range
Boats & landing
craft carried:
Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship boats
Capacity: Template:LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity
Troops: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament: Template:RN LST-1 class tank landing ship armament

HMS LST-426 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-426 was laid down on 16 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 946, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 11 December 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 16 February 1943.[3]

Service history

LST-426 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 23 April 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 June 1946. On 2 December 1947, she was sold to N. Block & Co., Norfolk, Virginia, and subsequently scrapped.[3]

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