USS LST-80

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-80
Builder Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville
Laid down16 March 1943
Launched18 May 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Jane G. Bonnie
Commissioned12 July 1943
FateTransferred to Royal Navy
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameLST-80
Commissioned19 July 1943
Stricken11 July 1945
FateSunk by naval mines, 20 March 1945
General characteristics
Class and 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
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-80 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II. [1]

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Construction and career

LST-80 was laid down on 16 March 1943 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 18 May 1943 and commissioned on 7 July 1943. The ship was later transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned on 19 July 1943. [2] The ship was assigned 9th LST Flotilla.

She took part in the Invasion of Normandy, June 1944.

While underway in Convoy ATM97, she was sunk by two naval mines off Ostend, Belgium, 20 March 1945.

LST-80 was struck from the Navy Register on 11 July 1945. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "LST-80". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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