History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-3 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 29 June 1942 |
Launched | 19 September 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. A.C. Harlow |
Commissioned | 8 February 1943 |
Decommissioned | 23 December 1944 |
Identification |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Navy |
United Kingdom | |
Name | LST-3 |
Commissioned | 24 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 May 1946 |
Fate | Returned to US Naval custody, 12 May 1946 |
United States | |
Acquired | 12 May 1946 |
Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 10 September 1947 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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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 | 6 × LCVP |
Capacity |
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Troops | 163 |
Complement | 117 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
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USS LST-3 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy built during World War II. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in December 1944. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
LST-3 was laid down on 29 June 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 19 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. A.C. Harlow; and commissioned on 8 February 1943. [2] [1]
LST-3 was assigned to the Mediterranean Theatre and participated in the following operations: the Allied invasion of Sicily in July and August 1943; and the Invasion of southern France from August to September 1944. [2]
LST-3 was decommissioned from the USN on 23 December 1944, in Bizerte, Tunisia, and commissioned into the Royal Navy the next day. She operated in the Mediterranean. She was returned to the United States April 1946 by a Royal Navy crew and turned back over to USN custody on 12 May 1946. [1]
LST-3 was struck from the Navy list on 19 June 1946. On 10 September 1947, she was sold to the Boston Metals Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, for scrapping. [2]
LST-3 earned two battle stars for World War II service. [2]
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