 HMLST-425 loading trucks and troops of the 45th Division, 14 September 1943, at Palermo, Sicily for the Salerno landings. | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-425 |
| Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 945[1] |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Yard number | 2197[1] |
| Laid down | 16 November 1942 |
| Launched | 12 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 1946 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: LST-425 |
| Fate | Returned to USN custody, 30 August 1946 |
 United States | |
| Name | LST-425 |
| Acquired | 30 August 1946 |
| Stricken | 10 June 1947 |
| Fate | Sold, 8 October 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) |
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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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HMS LST-425 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-425 was laid down on 16 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 945, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 12 December 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 10 February 1943.[3]
LST-425 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 30 August 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 June 1947. She was sold on 8 October 1947.[3]
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