HM LST-428
| File:HMS LST-428 Courseulles, France, August 1944.jpg
HM LST-428 beached at Courseulles, France, in August 1944, while loading casualties. HM LST-428 had been converted to transport casualties back to the United Kingdom.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom |
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| Name: | LST-428 |
| Ordered: | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 948[1] |
| Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Yard number: | 2200[1] |
| Laid down: | 22 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 9 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 June 1946 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol: LST-428 |
| Fate: | returned to USN custody, 10 June 1946 |
 United States |
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| Name: | LST-428 |
| Acquired: | 10 June 1946 |
| Struck: | 19 July 1946 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping, 10 October 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-428 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-428 was laid down on 22 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 948, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 22 December 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 9 February 1943.[3]
Service history
LST-428 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 10 June 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 July 1946. On 10 October 1947, she was sold to Luria Bros, and Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and subsequently scrapped.[3]
See also
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Online resources
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External links
- Photo gallery of LST-428 at NavSource Naval History
