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LST-401


LST-401 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 17 August 1942, at Bethlehem Fairfield Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 16 October 1942
  • LST-401 never saw active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom and Commissioned HM LST-401, 1 December 1942, at Baltimore, MD.
    Participated in Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy and Norway operations (MacDermott Ship Without Names)
  • Returned to United States Navy custody, 7 March 1946. at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 October 1947, to Luria Brothers and Co., Philadelphia, PA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    1,625 t.(lt)
    4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    2,366 t. (beaching displacement)
    Length 328' o.a.
    Beam 50'
    Draft
    light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
    sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
    landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
    limiting 11' 2"
    maximum navigation 14' 1"
    Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    13 officers
    104 enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    16 officers
    147 enlisted
    Boats 2 LCVP
    Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
    Typical loads
    One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck
    Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
    Armament - US Varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was
    two - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    four - Single 40MM gun mounts
    twelve single 20MM gun mounts
    Armament - UK Lend Lease built vessels were to be outfitted with armament after convoying across Atlantic and included
    one - 12 Pounder anti-aircraft multi-barrel mount
    six - 20MM single gun mounts
    four - Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 1,700shp
    twin rudders
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    LST-427 85k HM LST-401, at left, alongside HM LST-427 while loading at Tripoli, date unknown. Graeme Orchard for his father Bill Orchard Signalman RN HMS LST-427
    LST-401 53k HM LST-401 crew members grouped around her 20mm Oerlikon gun, date and location unknown Left to right: Dazell; Meakin; Collison; Wallacot, gunners mate; Fredericks. Photo -Robert HurstCaption Robert Curtis
    LST-401 69k John "Curley" Greenwood, hand on gun barrel, and other crew members Dazell, Red Fredricks, Meakin, Bill Collison grouped around HM LST-401's 12 pdr (3") AA gun, date unknown. The ship was probably at either Corsica or Normandy when this photo was taken. Robert Hurst
    Robert Curtis
    LST-401 24k HM LST-401 crew members, date and location unknown Left to right: Fairley, Greenwood, Styx, Collison, Meakin and Pettifer Robert Curtis
    LST-401 26k HM LST-401 crew members, Collison, Green, Dazell, Fredericks, others unknown Robert Curtis
    LST-401 27k HM LST-401 crew member, Bill Collison with the ships's 12 pdr (3") AA gun, date unknown, possibly at Ostend, Hamburg or Antwerp. Robert Curtis
    LST-401 34k HM LST-401 crew member, Fosbrook, Collison, Meakin, Greenwood, Whiting?, date and location unknown. Robert Curtis
    LST-401 30k HM LST-401 crew member Greenwood and Collison with with flag taken from a German ship in Hamburg Harbor, date unknown. Robert Curtis
    LST-401 111k HM LST-401 crew photo, date unknown and location unknown. Robert Curtis
    LST-401 112k HM LST-401 crew photo, date unknown and location unknown. Robert Curtis
    LST-401
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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