48°00′00″N 17°23′00″W / 48.000000°N 17.383333°W / 48.000000; -17.383333
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-362 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy |
| Laid down | 10 August 1942 |
| Launched | 10 October 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Francis E. M. Whiting |
| Commissioned | 16 November 1942 |
| Stricken | 28 April 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk 2 March 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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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| Installed power |
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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 | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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HMS LST-362 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.
Construction and career
LST-362 was laid down on 10 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 November 1942.
During World War II, LST-362 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion. While returning from the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom with the convoy MKS-40 in Biscay Bay area on 2 March later that year, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the U-744 on her starboard side. She was the only ship sunk in her convoy.
She was struck from the Navy Register on 28 April 1945.
Citations
- ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "History of LST - 311 - 349". www.historycentral.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "HMS LST-362 (British Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Sources
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
