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HMS LST-362

48°00′00″N 17°23′00″W / 48.000000°N 17.383333°W / 48.000000; -17.383333

History
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NameLST-362
BuilderBethlehem Steel Company, Quincy
Laid down10 August 1942
Launched10 October 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Francis E. M. Whiting
Commissioned16 November 1942
Stricken28 April 1945
FateSunk 2 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 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
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

HMS LST-362 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.

Construction and career

LST-362 was laid down on 10 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 November 1942.

During World War II, LST-362 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.

On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion. While returning from the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom with the convoy MKS-40 in Biscay Bay area on 2 March later that year, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the U-744 on her starboard side. She was the only ship sunk in her convoy.

She was struck from the Navy Register on 28 April 1945.

Citations

  1. ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "History of LST - 311 - 349". www.historycentral.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "HMS LST-362 (British Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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