| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-424 |
| Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 944[1] |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Yard number | 2196[1] |
| Laid down | 17 November 1942 |
| Launched | 12 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 7 January 1946 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: LST-424 |
| Fate | Returned to USN custody, 7 January 1946 |
 United States | |
| Name | LST-424 |
| Acquired | 7 January 1946 |
| Stricken | 21 May 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 July 1946 |
| 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 |
| Capacity |
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| Troops | 163 |
| Complement | 117 |
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HMS LST-424 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.
LST-424 was laid down on 17 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 944, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 12 December 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 1 February 1943.[3]
LST-424 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 7 January 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 21 May 1946. On 3 July 1946, she was sold to Rinaldo De Haag, Italy, and subsequently scrapped.[3]
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