HM LST-413
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HMS LST-413 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.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | LST-413 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 933[1] |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
Yard number | 2185[1] |
Laid down | 10 October 1942 |
Launched | 10 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 11 April 1946 |
Identification | Hull symbol: LST-413 |
Fate | Returned to USN custody, 11 April 1946 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | LST-413 |
Acquired | 11 April 1946 |
Stricken | 10 June 1947 |
Fate | Sold, 5 December 1947 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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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 or 6 x LCVPs |
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Troops | 163 |
Complement | 117 |
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