USS LST-79

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-79
Builder Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville
Laid down28 February 1943
Launched8 May 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Virginia Lee Hughes
Commissioned7 July 1943
FateTransferred to Royal Navy
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameLST-79
Commissioned17 July 1943
Stricken11 October 1943
FateSunk by Luftwaffe, 30 September 1943
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-79 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-79 was laid down on 28 February 1943 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 8 May 1943 and commissioned on 7 July 1943. The ship was later transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned on 17 July 1943. [2] The ship was assigned 9th LST Flotilla.

She was sunk by a German Henschel Hs 293 guided missile while off Ajaccio Harbor, Corsica, 30 September 1943.

LST-79 was struck from the Navy Register on 11 October 1943. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "LST-79". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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