| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-416 |
| Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 936[1] |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Yard number | 2188[1] |
| Laid down | 25 October 1942 |
| Launched | 30 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 12 February 1946 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: LST-416 |
| Fate | Returned to US, 12 February 1946 |
 United States | |
| Name | LST-416 |
| Acquired | 12 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for conversion to merchant service, 23 April 1948 |
| 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 x LCVPs |
| Capacity | 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission |
| Troops | 163 |
| Complement | 117 |
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HMS LST-416 was as a Landing Ship, Tank Mk.2 of the Royal Navy during World War II. Built as a LST-1-class tank landing ship for the United States Navy, it was transferred to the British in 1943 and returned to US in 1946.
LST-416 was laid down on 25 October 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 936, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 30 November 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 3 February 1943.[3]
LST-416 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 12 February 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 June 1946. On 23 April 1948, LST-416 was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, for conversion to merchant service.[3]
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