USS LST-6

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NameUSS LST-6
Builder Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down20 July 1942
Launched21 October 1942
Sponsored byMrs. H.E. Haven
Commissioned30 January 1943
Stricken22 December 1944
Honors and
awards		3 battle stars (WWII)
FateMined and sunk 17 November 1944
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)
DraftVaried, depending on load
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		6 LCVP
Capacitybetween 1600 and 1900 tons
Troops14 officers, 131 enlisted men
Complement129 officers and enlisted men
Armament
  • 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts w/Mk.51 directors
  • 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts
  • 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts

USS LST-6 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-6 served in the European Theater of Operations, participating in the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Salerno Landings, and the Normandy landings. She hit a mine in the English Channel on 17 November 1944 and sank in six fathoms (36 feet) of water the same day. [1]

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Construction

LST-6 was laid down on 20 July 1942 at Dravo Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware, launched on 21 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. H. E. Haven; [2] and commissioned on 30 January 1943. [2]

Service history

LST-6 was assigned to the European Theatre and participated in the following operations, for which she received three battle stars: [2]

LST-6 participated in the landings at Omaha Beach as part of Assault Group O3. [3] In August 1944, Lieutenant W.H. Weddle took command. LST-6 struck a mine and sank in the English Channel while returning from a supply movement from Portland to Rouen on 17 November 1944. She was struck from the Navy List on 22 December 1944. [1] [2]

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.

  1. 1 2 "USS LST-6". NavSource. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "LST-6". DANFS. Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Ford, Ken (2014). Operation Neptune 1944: D-Day's Seaborne Armada. Oxford: Osprey. p. 23. ISBN   9781472802729.

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