USS LST-12

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LST 12 beached at Barletta Italy.jpeg
HM LST-12 beached at Barletta, Italy, July 1944.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-12
Builder Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down16 August 1942
Launched7 December 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Joseph Fay
FateTransferred to the Royal Navy, 25 March 1943
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameLST-12
Acquired25 March 1943
Commissioned26 March 1943
Out of service5 January 1946
FateReturned to US Naval custody
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Acquired5 January 1946
Stricken20 March 1946
FateSold for scrapping, 11 September 1947
General characteristics
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
Length328  ft (100  m)
Beam50 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 3 in (2.51 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
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		4 × LCVP
Capacity1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops163
Complement111
Armament
Service record
Operations:

USS LST-12 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-12 was transferred to the Royal Navy in early 1943, to serve in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during 1943 and 1944. She never saw service with the US Navy.

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Construction

LST-12 was laid down on 16 August 1942, by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; launched on 7 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph Fay. [1] She was transferred to the Royal Navy 25 March 1943, and commissioned the following day. [2]

Service history

LST-12 left Galveston, Texas, on 10 April 1943, with Convoy HK 168, en route to Key West, Florida, arriving 14 April 1943. [3]

LST-12 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, breaking down en route. [4] Records also show that she left Gibraltar on 21 June 1943, with Convoy GTX 3, and traveled to Port Said, Egypt, arriving 4 July 1943. [5]

Mediterranean and European operations

LST-12 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the Sicilian occupation in July and August 1943, and the Invasion of Reggio and the Salerno landings in September 1943. On 13 November 1943, she struck a mine but was able to make Ferryville under her own power to be repaired. [2] However, records indicate that she was also part of Convoy BM 74 from 11 November to 16 November 1943, traveling from Bombay, India to Colombo, British Ceylon. [6]

In August and September 1944, LST-12 was the only British LST to take part in Operation Dragoon, the Invasion of southern France. [2]

From September 1944 to January 1945, she operated between Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece. [2]

Postwar service

Between August and October 1945, she was refit at Antwerp before being paid off at New York 5 January 1946, and returned to the US Navy. On 20 March 1946, LST-12 was struck from the Naval Register. [2]

LST-12 was sold for scrapping on 11 September 1947, to Washburn Wire Co., Phillipsdale, Rhode Island. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ DANFS LST-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Navsource 2014.
  3. ↑ Convoy HK 168.
  4. ↑ Convoy UGS 8A.
  5. ↑ Convoy GTX 3.
  6. ↑ Convoy BM 74.

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