USS LST-11

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-11
Builder Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down8 August 1942
Launched18 November 1942
Sponsored byMiss Virginia Fowler
FateTransferred to the Royal Navy, 22 March 1943
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameLST-11
Acquired22 March 1943
Commissioned23 March 1943
Decommissioned13 May 1946
FateReturned to US Naval custody, 13 May 1946
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Acquired13 May 1946
Stricken5 June 1946
FateSold, 5 December 1947
General characteristics [1]
Type LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 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
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops163
Complement117
Armament
Service record
Operations:

HM LST-11 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy built during World War II. LST-11 was transferred to the Royal Navy in March 1943, before being commissioned into the US Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation. She never saw service with the US Navy.

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Construction

LST-11 was laid down on 8 August 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 18 November 1942; sponsored by Miss Virginia Fowler; transferred to the Royal Navy on 22 March 1943, [2] and commissioned the following day. [1]

Service history

LST-11 left from Hampton Roads, Virginia for the Mediterranean on 14 May 1943, with convoy UGS 8A, arriving in Oran, Algeria, sometime before 8 June 1943. [3]

She participated in the Anzio Advanced Landings from January to March of 1944, in the Mediterranean Theatre. LST-11 was sent to Cardiff, Wales, for repairs in May 1944. She then participated in the Normandy landings in June 1944, in the European Theatre. She was then sent to Thames and Portsmouth for repairs in June and August 1944. [1]

LST-11 was then assigned to the Pacific theatre and participated in what was originally planned to be Operation Zipper, the recapture of Malay, in September 1945, but with Japan surrendering this was an unopposed action. [1]

She was paid off at Subic Bay on 13 April 1946. [1]

Final disposition

She was returned to the US Navy on 13 May 1946, and was struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey, Philippines. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Navsource 2014.
  2. 1 2 DANFS.
  3. ↑ Convoy UGS 8A.

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