HM LST-425

HM LST-425 loading trucks and troops of the 45th Division, 14 September 1943, at Palermo, Sicily for the Salerno landings.
History
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
Struck: 10 June 1947
Fate: sold, 8 October 1947
Status: fate unknown
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement:
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light)
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load)
  • 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length: 328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draft:
  • Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power:
Propulsion:
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: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement: 13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament:

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.

Construction

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]

Service history

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]

See also

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    Bibliography

    Online resources

    • "LST-425". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
    • "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
    • "USS LST-425". Navsource.org. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2017.


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