 HMLST-426 and other LSTs, mid-1943 at the dockside of Sousse Harbour, Tunisia. The ships are being loaded with vehicles and equipment in preparation for the invasion of Sicily. | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-426 |
| Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 946[1] |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Yard number | 2198[1] |
| Laid down | 16 November 1942 |
| Launched | 11 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 23 April 1946 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: LST-426 |
| Fate | Returned to USN custody, 23 April 1946 |
 United States | |
| Name | LST-426 |
| Acquired | 23 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 2 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) |
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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-426 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-426 was laid down on 16 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 946, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 11 December 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 16 February 1943.[3]
LST-426 saw no active service in the United States Navy. She was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 23 April 1946, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 June 1946. On 2 December 1947, she was sold to N. Block & Co., Norfolk, Virginia, and subsequently scrapped.[3]
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